Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-06-19

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 19
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 173▲ 80 vs year ago 110 · +72.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 27▼ 11 vs year ago 18 · −61.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 7▲ 14 vs year ago 12 · +116.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends Available This Week

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $253.18/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$253.18
44 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+42.36
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1387267.241,03319thin
Medium and Large 2417246.031,02613thin
Medium and Large 3390238.6793212thin
One grade step is worth $28.56/cwt here — about $101 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 sale44 hd
253.18
—
GA average16 barns · 1,062 hd
210.82
+42.36
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
Bulls—Average1,520111.001,6871thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29096.561,2462thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93582.657733thin

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)785$6002thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1—437253.55/cwt250.00–260.001,1084
BullsMedium and Large 1—471244.64/cwt240.00–250.001,1524
BullsMedium and Large 1—368264.07/cwt260.00–270.009726
BullsMedium and Large 2—468235.19/cwt230.00–240.001,1012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565213.51/cwt210.00–220.001,2063
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570222.02/cwt220.00–224.001,2664
HeifersMedium and Large 3—510213.92/cwt210.00–218.001,0912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—553205.02/cwt200.00–210.001,1342
BullsMedium and Large 3—360243.50/cwt240.00–245.008774
BullsMedium and Large 2—377255.24/cwt250.00–258.009623
BullsMedium and Large 3—310253.44/cwt250.00–260.007863
HeifersMedium and Large 2—429225.07/cwt220.00–228.009664
BullsMedium and Large 2—318264.83/cwt260.00–268.008423
BullsMedium and Large 3—435233.95/cwt230.00–236.001,0183
BullsMedium and Large 2—512225.95/cwt220.00–230.001,1573
HeifersMedium and Large 1—342262.42/cwt260.00–265.008975
BullsMedium and Large 2—432244.98/cwt240.00–250.001,0582
BullsMedium and Large 3—505213.96/cwt210.00–218.001,0802
BullsMedium and Large 1—285318.36/cwt317.00–320.009073
BullsMedium and Large 1—325272.62/cwt270.00–275.008862
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—785600.00/head600.00–600.006002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—56581.00/cwt81.00–81.004581
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,380102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,04883.96/cwt82.00–86.008802
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29096.56/cwt95.00–98.001,2462
CowsLean 85-90%—93582.65/cwt81.00–84.007733
Bulls——1,520111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,6871

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.