Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-02-26

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 26
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
19 vs last sale 152 1 vs year ago 134 · 0.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 9 9 vs year ago 15 · 60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
7 vs last sale 22 16 vs year ago 31 · 51.6%
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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 10.00 higher, Bull calves 3.00 to 8.00 higher, Replacement cows 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $289.32/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$289.32
26 head · 377 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$258
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$35.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.47
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2273313.788574thin
Medium and Large 1391295.671,1558thin
Medium and Large 3400278.701,11414thin
One grade step is worth $35.09/cwt here — about −$258 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 sale26 hd
289.32
GA average16 barns · 1,335 hd
277.85
+11.47
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
BullsAverage1,625116.001,8851thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08094.001,0151thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93873.556903thin

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)1,058$1,4024thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
SteersMedium and Large 1378323.97/cwt320.00–328.001,2254
BullsMedium and Large 3325293.13/cwt290.00–300.009533
SteersMedium and Large 1323341.69/cwt340.00–345.001,1044
SteersMedium and Large 1504294.48/cwt290.00–296.001,4844
HeifersMedium and Large 1434266.74/cwt260.00–270.001,1584
BullsMedium and Large 2343305.04/cwt300.00–310.001,0462
HeifersMedium and Large 1330285.42/cwt280.00–288.009423
BullsMedium and Large 1510264.68/cwt260.00–270.001,3503
BullsMedium and Large 1319314.26/cwt310.00–320.001,0025
BullsMedium and Large 3380283.25/cwt280.00–290.001,0765
BullsMedium and Large 2203322.53/cwt320.00–325.006552
BullsMedium and Large 3403273.52/cwt270.00–277.001,1022
BullsMedium and Large 3479264.77/cwt260.00–270.001,2684
HeifersMedium and Large 3418246.03/cwt240.00–250.001,0283
HeifersMedium and Large 1483254.42/cwt250.00–258.001,2293
HeifersMedium and Large 2324273.13/cwt270.00–275.008854
SteersMedium and Large 2383313.39/cwt310.00–315.001,2003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0581,401.95/head1,125.00–1,675.001,4024
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2803135.62/cwt130.00–149.001,0893
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,02899.27/cwt89.00–109.001,0202
Bulls1,625116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,8851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,0151
CowsLean 85-90%93873.55/cwt72.00–76.006903

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.