Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-12-18

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Dec 18
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
47 vs last sale 169 60 vs year ago 182 · 33.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
10 vs last sale 12 12 vs year ago 14 · 85.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
24 vs last sale 40 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $210.65/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$210.65
25 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$895
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.50
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432221.349563thin
Medium and Large 2424214.359109thin
Medium and Large 3424205.6187113thin
One grade step is worth $15.73/cwt here — about $85 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
210.65
GA average17 barns · 1,637 hd
205.15
+5.50
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
BullsHigh1,37098.501,3492thin

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)965$1,04510

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
Bulls1,690109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,8421
Bulls1,05088.00/cwt88.00–88.009241
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-363586.00/cwt86.00–86.005461
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-278396.48/cwt91.00–103.007552
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,007875.29/head700.00–975.008756
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29031,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3004
HeifersMedium and Large 3461195.58/cwt190.00–200.009024
HeifersMedium and Large 3367216.45/cwt210.00–220.007943
HeifersMedium and Large 3427206.88/cwt200.00–210.008836
HeifersMedium and Large 2463206.47/cwt200.00–210.009563
HeifersMedium and Large 2437212.63/cwt210.00–218.009293
HeifersMedium and Large 2373223.96/cwt220.00–226.008353
HeifersMedium and Large 1432221.34/cwt220.00–224.009563
BullsMedium and Large 3314231.75/cwt230.00–235.007285
BullsMedium and Large 3368224.59/cwt220.00–230.008264

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.