Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-06-26

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 26
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
83 vs last sale 190 90 vs year ago 197 · 45.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
8 vs last sale 7 8 vs year ago 7 · +114.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
12 vs last sale 26 2 vs year ago 12 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows Steady, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and Bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $219.00/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$219.00
20 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.99
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2529222.511,17710thin
Medium and Large 3524215.501,12910thin
One grade step is worth $7.01/cwt here — about $48 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 sale20 hd
219.00
GA average16 barns · 852 hd
214.02
+4.99
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17096.381,1283thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96287.158387thin

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)1,250$1,3004thin

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 2425242.59/cwt240.00–245.001,0312
BullsMedium and Large 2580213.58/cwt210.00–215.001,2395
BullsMedium and Large 3460223.30/cwt220.00–225.001,0273
BullsMedium and Large 3413231.69/cwt230.00–235.009573
BullsMedium and Large 3655197.50/cwt190.00–200.001,2944
BullsMedium and Large 2513224.01/cwt220.00–226.001,1493
HeifersMedium and Large 1675195.99/cwt190.00–200.001,3234
HeifersMedium and Large 2587215.32/cwt210.00–218.001,2643
HeifersMedium and Large 2420225.40/cwt220.00–228.009473
HeifersMedium and Large 3533214.18/cwt210.00–217.001,1426
SteersMedium and Large 3578214.94/cwt210.00–220.001,2422
SteersMedium and Large 3653194.98/cwt190.00–200.001,2732
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02595.00/cwt95.00–95.009741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,57095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4921
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,11080.00/cwt80.00–80.008881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17096.38/cwt94.00–98.001,1283
CowsLean 85-90%1,03585.63/cwt83.00–88.008862
CowsLean 85-90%94796.92/cwt94.00–99.009183
CowsLean 85-90%91074.00/cwt74.00–74.006732

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.