Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-07-17

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 17
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
61 vs last sale 136 64 vs year ago 11 · +581.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
6 vs last sale 13 203 vs year ago 210 · 96.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
14 vs last sale 2 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows lightly tested, Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Steer calves lightly tested, Heifers and Heifer calves lightly tested, Bulls and Bull calves steady, Replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $225.87/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$225.87
30 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,111
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$228
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$8.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.98
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3381230.628787thin
Medium and Large 1540225.861,21915thin
Medium and Large 2499221.751,1068thin
One grade step is worth $8.87/cwt here — about −$228 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 sale30 hd
225.87
GA average16 barns · 1,069 hd
202.89
+22.98
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
BullsHigh2,077111.672,3193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,145101.001,1561thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99076.007522thin

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)1,165$1,40610

Every lot, as filed

16 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 2427232.35/cwt230.00–237.009923
BullsMedium and Large 2588210.70/cwt208.00–216.001,2393
BullsMedium and Large 3418224.72/cwt222.00–228.009393
BullsMedium and Large 3353235.04/cwt230.00–240.008304
BullsMedium and Large 1568224.58/cwt222.00–228.001,2767
BullsMedium and Large 1618210.94/cwt208.00–214.001,3042
SteersMedium and Large 1375296.05/cwt292.00–300.001,1102
BullsMedium and Large 1481232.33/cwt230.00–234.001,1186
BullsMedium and Large 2473222.41/cwt220.00–225.001,0522
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2551,514.14/head1,400.00–1,575.001,5148
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3805975.00/head975.00–975.009752
Bulls2,025119.00/cwt119.00–119.002,4101
Bulls2,030104.00/cwt104.00–104.002,1111
Bulls2,175112.00/cwt112.00–112.002,4361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,145101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1561
CowsLean 85-90%99076.00/cwt76.00–76.007522

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.