Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-01-08

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 8
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
12 vs last sale 122 61 vs year ago 171 · 35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
17 vs last sale 2 3 vs year ago 22 · 13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week due to Holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.70/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$205.70
12 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.02
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440224.059863thin
Medium and Large 3409199.598179thin
One grade step is worth $24.46/cwt here — about $169 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 sale12 hd
205.70
GA average5 barns · 306 hd
210.73
−5.02
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
BullsAverage1,465110.321,6162thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13178.228854thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94860.155705thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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
CowsLean 85-90%94756.31/cwt55.00–57.005333
CowsLean 85-90%95065.92/cwt63.00–69.006262
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13178.22/cwt77.00–79.008854
Bulls1,465110.32/cwt108.00–112.001,6162
HeifersMedium and Large 3438195.18/cwt190.00–200.008555
HeifersMedium and Large 3373205.10/cwt200.00–210.007654
HeifersMedium and Large 1440224.05/cwt220.00–226.009863

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.