Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-12-11

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Dec 11
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
12 vs last sale 157 13 vs year ago 182 · 7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
3 vs last sale 15 2 vs year ago 14 · 14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
23 vs last sale 17 25 vs year ago 15 · +166.7%
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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 unevenly steady, Bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower, Replacement cows 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $242.96/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$242.96
25 head · 379 lb average
Value per head Derived
$920
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.92
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1340268.249116thin
Medium and Large 2391242.039458thin
Medium and Large 3392229.8690011thin
One grade step is worth $38.38/cwt here — about $11 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 sale25 hd
242.96
GA average16 barns · 1,048 hd
222.05
+20.92
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30081.001,0531thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02080.008162thin

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)815$8762thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)976$1,18120

Every lot, as filed

24 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 3419224.33/cwt220.00–230.009404
BullsMedium and Large 3376233.02/cwt230.00–237.008767
BullsMedium and Large 2410233.25/cwt230.00–240.009563
BullsMedium and Large 2379247.29/cwt242.00–252.009375
BullsMedium and Large 1393262.52/cwt260.00–265.001,0322
BullsMedium and Large 1313271.10/cwt267.00–275.008494
HeifersMedium and Large 3377213.45/cwt210.00–220.008053
SteersMedium and Large 1320293.61/cwt290.00–297.009404
SteersMedium and Large 1368282.52/cwt280.00–285.001,0404
HeifersMedium and Large 1365236.39/cwt230.00–240.008633
HeifersMedium and Large 1442226.64/cwt220.00–230.001,0023
HeifersMedium and Large 1477213.15/cwt210.00–220.001,0173
HeifersMedium and Large 3476193.43/cwt190.00–200.009213
HeifersMedium and Large 2470206.60/cwt200.00–210.009713
HeifersMedium and Large 3420204.88/cwt200.00–210.008602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-38381,010.67/head1,000.00–1,025.001,0114
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0101,223.89/head1,125.00–1,425.001,22416
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-397777.05/cwt75.00–80.007533
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-393076.08/cwt70.00–80.007085
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,25085.03/cwt81.00–90.001,0633
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2815875.92/head825.00–925.008762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0531
CowsLean 85-90%1,00577.00/cwt77.00–77.007741
CowsLean 85-90%1,03583.00/cwt83.00–83.008591

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.