Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-10-09

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 9
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
14 vs last sale 136 79 vs year ago 201 · 39.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
7 vs last sale 16 16 vs year ago 7 · +228.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
4 vs last sale 8 5 vs year ago 7 · +71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and heifer calves lightly tested, Bull calves 5.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $243.97/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$243.97
23 head · 371 lb average
Value per head Derived
$905
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$64.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+36.61
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1281291.298195thin
Medium and Large 2387243.569434thin
Medium and Large 3398227.1990514thin
One grade step is worth $64.10/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale23 hd
243.97
GA average16 barns · 1,233 hd
207.37
+36.61
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
BullsHigh1,815109.071,9803thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48573.581,0932thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01670.657185thin

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)1,085$9986

Every lot, as filed

15 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 1308288.49/cwt287.00–290.008892
BullsMedium and Large 1263293.16/cwt290.00–295.007713
BullsMedium and Large 2387243.56/cwt240.00–250.009434
BullsMedium and Large 3357236.54/cwt230.00–240.008443
BullsMedium and Large 3316241.28/cwt240.00–245.007624
BullsMedium and Large 3407224.00/cwt220.00–230.009125
BullsMedium and Large 3603192.99/cwt190.00–196.001,1642
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0131,071.42/head1,025.00–1,125.001,0714
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,230850.00/head850.00–850.008502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-268590.00/cwt90.00–90.006171
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48573.58/cwt70.00–77.001,0932
CowsLean 85-90%97375.64/cwt72.00–80.007362
CowsLean 85-90%1,04567.33/cwt65.00–70.007043
Bulls2,110121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,5531
Bulls1,668103.10/cwt100.00–105.001,7202

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.