Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-05-29

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 29
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
29 vs last sale 157 38 vs year ago 90 · +42.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
1 vs last sale 17 2 vs year ago 20 · 10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
11 vs last sale 15 47 vs year ago 51 · 92.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows lightly tested, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Feeder Bulls and Bull Claves mostly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves unevenly steady, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.70/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$211.70
24 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.07
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1405222.479012thin
Medium and Large 2406220.7189614thin
Medium and Large 3470193.249078thin
One grade step is worth $29.23/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale24 hd
211.70
GA average15 barns · 1,437 hd
207.63
+4.07
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
BullsHigh1,335106.501,4222thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51994.521,4366thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17486.761,0196thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17094.50/cwt92.00–96.001,1062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54097.53/cwt95.00–102.001,5024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06075.00/cwt75.00–75.007951
Bulls1,510109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,6461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21585.52/cwt82.00–89.001,0393
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1371
Bulls1,160104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-373577.00/cwt77.00–77.005661
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-387567.00/cwt67.00–67.005861
HeifersMedium and Large 2328237.96/cwt234.00–240.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 2379229.61/cwt224.00–234.008705
HeifersMedium and Large 1405222.47/cwt220.00–225.009012
SteersMedium and Large 2613212.53/cwt210.00–215.001,3032
SteersMedium and Large 2565223.00/cwt220.00–226.001,2602
HeifersMedium and Large 3540180.00/cwt176.00–184.009722
SteersMedium and Large 1508242.51/cwt240.00–245.001,2324
HeifersMedium and Large 2522196.71/cwt190.00–200.001,0273
HeifersMedium and Large 2412212.63/cwt210.00–216.008763
HeifersMedium and Large 3450197.00/cwt192.00–200.008874
HeifersMedium and Large 3438198.95/cwt196.00–202.008712
BullsMedium and Large 3658185.95/cwt182.00–190.001,2242
BullsMedium and Large 3483222.49/cwt220.00–225.001,0752
BullsMedium and Large 3414232.45/cwt230.00–240.009624
BullsMedium and Large 3528215.97/cwt210.00–220.001,1403
BullsMedium and Large 2405244.00/cwt240.00–248.009882

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.