Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-08-28

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 28
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
42 vs last sale 148 41 vs year ago 147 · 27.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 12 18 vs year ago 24 · 75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
11 vs last sale 17 7 vs year ago 13 · 53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $226.93/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$226.93
27 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,269
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$355
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$0.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.52
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1588227.051,33522
Medium and Large 2433226.419805thin
One grade step is worth $0.64/cwt here — about $355 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 sale27 hd
226.93
GA average16 barns · 1,057 hd
219.41
+7.52
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,620104.001,6851thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08086.009292thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20586.001,0361thin

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)1,230$1,3252thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,08086.00/cwt86.00–86.009292
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,620104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,6851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,28099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,2672
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3252
SteersMedium and Large 1614242.51/cwt240.00–243.001,4896
HeifersMedium and Large 2453222.03/cwt220.00–226.001,0063
HeifersMedium and Large 2403232.98/cwt230.00–236.009392
HeifersMedium and Large 1619228.64/cwt220.00–230.001,41514
SteersMedium and Large 1537254.78/cwt250.00–258.001,3685
SteersMedium and Large 1660234.18/cwt230.00–235.001,5466
HeifersMedium and Large 1534224.27/cwt220.00–226.001,1988
BullsMedium and Large 3378245.92/cwt242.00–250.009304
BullsMedium and Large 2373254.90/cwt250.00–260.009512

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.