Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-05-01

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
191 vs last sale 296 32 vs year ago 137 · 23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
2 vs last sale 9 21 vs year ago 32 · 65.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
0 vs last sale 21 6 vs year ago 15 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.22/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$185.22
22 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,063
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.11
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539198.881,07311thin
Medium and Large 2636172.971,1005thin
Medium and Large 3585170.399976thin
One grade step is worth $28.49/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
185.22
GA average16 barns · 1,696 hd
196.33
−11.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,14289.531,0223thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63088.001,4341thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06579.678483thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06870.507532thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,093$1,1856

Every lot, as filed

20 lots · USDA AMS · South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1320245.42/cwt240.00–248.007853
BullsMedium and Large 3462207.40/cwt205.00–212.009583
HeifersMedium and Large 2636172.97/cwt170.00–175.001,1005
HeifersMedium and Large 3585170.39/cwt160.00–178.009976
HeifersMedium and Large 1529200.25/cwt199.00–204.001,0598
HeifersMedium and Large 1567195.22/cwt190.00–198.001,1073
SteersMedium and Large 2552212.15/cwt205.00–215.001,1717
SteersMedium and Large 3535213.43/cwt205.00–215.001,1426
SteersMedium and Large 3415221.93/cwt220.00–225.009215
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,070925.00/head925.00–925.009252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1051,314.48/head1,225.00–1,400.001,3144
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,09586.01/cwt85.00–87.009423
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-292195.81/cwt91.00–104.008825
Bulls1,09093.29/cwt91.00–96.001,0172
Bulls1,24582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15575.00/cwt75.00–75.008661
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,4341
CowsLean 85-90%1,10574.00/cwt74.00–74.008181
CowsLean 85-90%1,03067.00/cwt67.00–67.006901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02082.00/cwt82.00–82.008362

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.