Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-10-02

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 2
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
136 head
43 vs last sale 179 65 vs year ago 201 · 32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
6 vs last sale 22 9 vs year ago 7 · +128.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
12 vs last sale 20 1 vs year ago 7 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $248.96/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$248.96
14 head · 380 lb average
Value per head Derived
$945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+39.83
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2385251.039659thin
Medium and Large 3371245.229105thin
One grade step is worth $5.81/cwt here — about $56 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 sale14 hd
248.96
GA average16 barns · 1,118 hd
209.13
+39.83
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
BullsAverage1,815105.001,9061thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09397.501,0662thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54583.001,2821thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low88576.706796thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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%88576.70/cwt74.00–79.006796
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09397.50/cwt96.00–99.001,0662
Bulls1,815105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,9061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-382577.00/cwt77.00–77.006351
SteersMedium and Large 3425254.78/cwt250.00–257.001,0833
SteersMedium and Large 1653244.01/cwt240.00–246.001,5933
HeifersMedium and Large 3377223.93/cwt220.00–226.008443
HeifersMedium and Large 2357235.38/cwt230.00–238.008403
BullsMedium and Large 3371245.22/cwt240.00–250.009105
BullsMedium and Large 2361254.71/cwt250.00–260.009205
BullsMedium and Large 2414246.44/cwt242.00–250.001,0204

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.