Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-11-27

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 27
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
55 vs last sale 161 180 vs year ago 286 · 62.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
13 vs last sale 11 6 vs year ago 30 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to no sale the previous week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $212.54/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$212.54
10 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,102
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.27
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513218.991,1232thin
Medium and Large 3520210.931,0978thin
One grade step is worth $8.06/cwt here — about $27 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 sale10 hd
212.54
GA average4 barns · 229 hd
210.28
+2.27
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
BullsAverage2,060115.002,3691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34380.941,0875thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00864.706523thin

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16075.00/cwt75.00–75.008701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38982.43/cwt80.00–86.001,1454
CowsLean 85-90%97562.55/cwt60.00–66.006102
CowsLean 85-90%1,07569.00/cwt69.00–69.007421
Bulls2,060115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,3691
HeifersMedium and Large 3423187.70/cwt184.00–190.007945
HeifersMedium and Large 2490207.53/cwt205.00–210.001,0172
HeifersMedium and Large 1508213.01/cwt210.00–216.001,0822
BullsMedium and Large 3477213.22/cwt210.00–220.001,0173
BullsMedium and Large 3423237.32/cwt236.00–238.001,0043
BullsMedium and Large 3730167.92/cwt164.00–172.001,2262
BullsMedium and Large 1513218.99/cwt218.00–220.001,1232

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.