Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-07-10

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 10
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
136 head
136 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 134 · +1.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 0 11 vs year ago 24 · 45.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 24 vs year ago 26 · 92.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week due to Holiday last week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $242.13/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$242.13
31 head · 366 lb average
Value per head Derived
$887
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.89
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1380258.389826thin
Medium and Large 2377244.4192111thin
Medium and Large 3352233.3882214thin
One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $160 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 sale31 hd
242.13
GA average4 barns · 398 hd
218.25
+23.89
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
BullsAverage1,63997.861,6043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25291.981,1523thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94274.677033thin

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 2407234.62/cwt232.00–240.009553
BullsMedium and Large 1380258.38/cwt250.00–260.009826
BullsMedium and Large 2330254.60/cwt250.00–257.008403
BullsMedium and Large 3420224.82/cwt220.00–230.009444
BullsMedium and Large 3325236.80/cwt230.00–247.0077010
BullsMedium and Large 2387244.18/cwt240.00–247.009455
HeifersMedium and Large 2410221.71/cwt220.00–225.009093
HeifersMedium and Large 2670193.88/cwt190.00–198.001,2992
HeifersMedium and Large 3358224.58/cwt220.00–230.008044
HeifersMedium and Large 3430216.40/cwt210.00–220.009314
HeifersMedium and Large 1583206.74/cwt200.00–210.001,2053
HeifersMedium and Large 1628202.97/cwt200.00–206.001,2755
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,01077.00/cwt77.00–77.007781
CowsLean 85-90%1,14077.00/cwt77.00–77.008781
CowsLean 85-90%77587.00/cwt87.00–87.006741
Bulls1,57392.79/cwt90.00–96.001,4602
Bulls1,770108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,9121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15384.97/cwt83.00–87.009802
CowsLean 85-90%91060.00/cwt60.00–60.005461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,450106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,5371

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.