Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-12-09

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Dec 9
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
26 vs last sale 94 49 vs year ago 169 · 29.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
2 vs last sale 15 1 vs year ago 12 · +8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
2 vs last sale 16 26 vs year ago 40 · 65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb bulls averaged $330.38/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 115.69 against this barn's trailing median of $446.07.
Average price
$330.38
2 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+26.00
vs GA average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3421330.381,3912thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
330.38
GA average15 barns · 507 hd
304.38
+26.00
This barn, trailing median2 sales
446.07
−115.69
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
BullsAverage1,570138.002,1671thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,210118.511,4344thin
CowsLean 85-90%High980112.001,0981thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,495108.001,6151thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2350–400357354.24/cwt350.00–360.001,2654
CowsLean 85-90%980112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0981
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,6151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,080110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320386.61/cwt383.00–390.001,2372
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300279394.12/cwt390.00–400.001,1005
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360374.00/cwt373.00–375.001,3462
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422300.97/cwt300.00–303.001,2703
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235118.02/cwt116.00–120.001,4582
Bulls1,570138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,1671
CowsBoner 80-85%1,290128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,6511
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350342326.43/cwt323.00–330.001,1162
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350340372.36/cwt370.00–375.001,2663
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500479254.51/cwt250.00–260.001,2193
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250242333.88/cwt330.00–338.008082
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450427282.63/cwt280.00–288.001,2073
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,070124.28/cwt115.00–131.001,3303
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,155135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5591
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500460276.70/cwt270.00–280.001,2733
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450421330.38/cwt328.00–333.001,3912
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350322352.56/cwt350.00–360.001,1356

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.