Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-09-09

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 9
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
53 vs last sale 133 156 vs year ago 236 · 66.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
7 vs last sale 8 6 vs year ago 9 · +66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
1 vs last sale 15 6 vs year ago 10 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 5.00 lower, Bull calves 8.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb bulls averaged $268.49/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 177.59 against this barn's trailing median of $446.07.
Average price
$268.49
6 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,106
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.53
vs GA average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2413271.511,1214thin
Medium and Large 3410262.441,0762thin
One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
268.49
GA average15 barns · 330 hd
253.95
+14.53
This barn, trailing median2 sales
446.07
−177.59
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
BullsLow1,17090.001,0531thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,720121.002,0811thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,212115.081,3944thin

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)1,117$1,74910

Every lot, as filed

11 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 1350–400388295.42/cwt290.00–298.001,1463
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,225120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1171,749.35/head1,375.00–1,975.001,74910
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450413271.51/cwt270.00–273.001,1214
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450410262.44/cwt260.00–265.001,0762
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400352273.32/cwt270.00–275.009623
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500486221.26/cwt220.00–225.001,0754
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,4582
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,720121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,0811
Bulls1,17090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,198111.16/cwt108.00–115.001,3322

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.