Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-09-25

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 25
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
27 vs last sale 152 43 vs year ago 136 · +31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
30 vs last sale 52 1 vs year ago 23 · 4.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
20 vs last sale 0 12 vs year ago 8 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.71/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$223.71
32 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$987
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.92
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481227.381,09410thin
Medium and Large 3376222.508377thin
Medium and Large 2445221.8398715thin
One grade step is worth $5.56/cwt here — about $107 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 sale32 hd
223.71
GA average16 barns · 1,734 hd
213.79
+9.92
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
BullsLow1,86598.721,8412thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12384.769524thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08378.778536thin

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)1,090$9548

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1280287.02/cwt280.00–290.008043
BullsMedium and Large 1368263.48/cwt260.00–267.009704
BullsMedium and Large 1558224.98/cwt220.00–230.001,2554
BullsMedium and Large 2322265.99/cwt260.00–270.008565
BullsMedium and Large 2382253.36/cwt250.00–260.009683
HeifersMedium and Large 2427223.56/cwt220.00–230.009555
HeifersMedium and Large 1435234.94/cwt230.00–240.001,0222
HeifersMedium and Large 1525222.72/cwt220.00–226.001,1693
HeifersMedium and Large 2471214.70/cwt210.00–220.001,0114
HeifersMedium and Large 3363226.14/cwt222.00–230.008212
HeifersMedium and Large 3420213.33/cwt210.00–216.008963
HeifersMedium and Large 1473227.16/cwt222.00–230.001,0745
HeifersMedium and Large 3323232.60/cwt230.00–235.007512
BullsMedium and Large 2475233.04/cwt230.00–236.001,1074
BullsMedium and Large 3313253.19/cwt250.00–255.007923
HeifersMedium and Large 2588207.04/cwt204.00–210.001,2172
HeifersMedium and Large 2370234.18/cwt230.00–236.008664
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,013872.20/head675.00–1,000.008726
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,23585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,090109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,15376.10/cwt73.00–79.008772
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3201,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
Bulls1,86598.72/cwt96.00–102.001,8412
CowsLean 85-90%1,07574.85/cwt72.00–79.008053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12384.76/cwt80.00–87.009524
CowsLean 85-90%1,09082.70/cwt80.00–87.009013

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.