Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-06-05

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
45 vs last sale 128 37 vs year ago 136 · +27.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
9 vs last sale 18 19 vs year ago 8 · +237.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
3 vs last sale 4 13 vs year ago 20 · 65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, Heifer calves, and Bull calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $254.28/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$254.28
22 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,012
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+40.57
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1371274.181,0174thin
Medium and Large 2397259.141,0288thin
Medium and Large 3409242.4499310thin
One grade step is worth $31.75/cwt here — about $25 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
254.28
GA average15 barns · 1,062 hd
213.71
+40.57
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
BullsHigh1,873117.312,1973thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,493103.951,5523thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28994.271,2155thin
CowsLean 85-90%High90885.217737thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1371274.18/cwt270.00–280.001,0174
BullsMedium and Large 2515232.72/cwt230.00–238.001,1993
BullsMedium and Large 2326274.99/cwt272.00–280.008965
BullsMedium and Large 3353248.40/cwt245.00–255.008773
BullsMedium and Large 3473234.41/cwt230.00–238.001,1093
BullsMedium and Large 3404243.98/cwt240.00–246.009864
SteersMedium and Large 1571233.96/cwt232.00–238.001,3364
SteersMedium and Large 1413274.69/cwt270.00–277.001,1343
SteersMedium and Large 2470244.17/cwt240.00–248.001,1482
SteersMedium and Large 2507235.37/cwt230.00–238.001,1933
HeifersMedium and Large 2433221.98/cwt220.00–226.009613
HeifersMedium and Large 3403214.97/cwt210.00–220.008664
SteersMedium and Large 2410261.30/cwt260.00–264.001,0713
HeifersMedium and Large 1513223.01/cwt220.00–226.001,1442
HeifersMedium and Large 1475224.52/cwt220.00–228.001,0664
HeifersMedium and Large 2379233.17/cwt230.00–236.008845
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,21074.00/cwt74.00–74.008951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06087.86/cwt85.00–94.009313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296589.00/cwt89.00–89.008591
CowsLean 85-90%95089.44/cwt86.00–92.008503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21895.18/cwt93.00–97.001,1592
Bulls1,873117.31/cwt115.00–119.002,1973
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2092
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,493103.95/cwt103.00–105.001,5523
CowsLean 85-90%87682.03/cwt79.00–84.007194
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,3161

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.