Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-11-06

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 6
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
32 vs last sale 117 25 vs year ago 110 · 22.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 12 10 vs year ago 18 · 55.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
5 vs last sale 19 6 vs year ago 20 · 30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Heifer calves 2.00 higher, Bull calves 5.00 higher, Replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $273.35/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$273.35
28 head · 340 lb average
Value per head Derived
$929
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+61.08
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1364276.341,00610thin
Medium and Large 2316275.3487116thin
Medium and Large 3408242.489892thin
One grade step is worth $33.86/cwt here — about $17 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 sale28 hd
273.35
GA average16 barns · 1,120 hd
212.26
+61.08
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
BullsLow1,46087.001,2701thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40078.001,0921thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85568.005811thin

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)1,218$1,0384thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1315283.51/cwt280.00–287.008935
BullsMedium and Large 1413269.17/cwt260.00–275.001,1125
BullsMedium and Large 2320273.73/cwt270.00–280.008764
BullsMedium and Large 2276284.49/cwt280.00–287.007858
BullsMedium and Large 2373263.71/cwt260.00–267.009842
BullsMedium and Large 2413253.56/cwt250.00–257.001,0472
HeifersMedium and Large 2425215.46/cwt210.00–218.009163
BullsMedium and Large 3408242.48/cwt240.00–245.009892
HeifersMedium and Large 1462213.93/cwt210.00–218.009883
HeifersMedium and Large 1406223.04/cwt220.00–228.009064
SteersMedium and Large 1508252.75/cwt250.00–258.001,2843
SteersMedium and Large 2517245.37/cwt240.00–248.001,2693
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-397370.85/cwt69.00–73.006892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2938107.41/cwt91.00–126.001,0083
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,205850.00/head850.00–850.008502
Bulls1,46087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2701
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,0921
CowsLean 85-90%85568.00/cwt68.00–68.005811

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.