Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-04-29

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Apr 29

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

286 head

▲ 216 vs last sale 70▲ 286 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 23▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 35▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls steady, heifer calves and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.02/cwt on 118 head.

Average price

$130.02

118 head · 423 lb average

Value per head Derived

$550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$12.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.67

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	409	136.01	556	63
Medium and Large 3	439	123.15	541	55

One grade step is worth $12.86/cwt here — about $15 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 sale118 hd

130.02

—

GA average16 barns · 1,677 hd

136.69

−6.67

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,365	79.97	1,092	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,229	57.54	707	17

Every lot

25 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	284	136.56/cwt	132.00–142.00	388	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	310	133.29/cwt	130.00–136.00	413	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	144.42/cwt	140.00–150.00	466	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	366	139.05/cwt	134.00–144.00	509	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	368	124.71/cwt	122.00–130.00	459	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	414	123.26/cwt	120.00–127.00	510	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	134.69/cwt	130.00–138.00	575	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	130.44/cwt	128.00–135.00	610	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	121.51/cwt	118.00–125.00	581	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	527	116.30/cwt	114.00–120.00	613	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	113.13/cwt	110.00–120.00	650	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	117.36/cwt	114.00–120.00	725	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	622	112.68/cwt	110.00–114.00	701	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	328	153.07/cwt	150.00–160.00	502	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	388	153.06/cwt	150.00–156.00	594	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	415	157.39/cwt	155.00–160.00	653	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	508	127.38/cwt	124.00–130.00	647	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	576	120.18/cwt	118.00–124.00	692	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,010	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	758	1
Bulls	—	—	1,543	82.45/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,272	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	58.26/cwt	56.00–63.00	715	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	54.16/cwt	52.00–55.00	672	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,660	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	16,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,085	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	629	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,227	58.65/cwt	57.00–60.00	720	3

This sale against other markets

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Mon Apr 29, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 70Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 23Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	155.00–160.00	157.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	150.00–156.00	153.06
8	—	328	150.00–160.00	153.07
8	—	576	118.00–124.00	120.18
9	—	508	124.00–130.00	127.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	618	114.00–120.00	117.36
11	—	468	128.00–135.00	130.44
12	—	427	130.00–138.00	134.69
16	—	323	140.00–150.00	144.42
18	—	366	134.00–144.00	139.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	122.00–130.00	124.71
3	—	622	110.00–114.00	112.68
6	—	310	130.00–136.00	133.29
6	—	527	114.00–120.00	116.30
7	—	478	118.00–125.00	121.51
8	—	284	132.00–142.00	136.56
9	—	575	110.00–120.00	113.13
13	—	414	120.00–127.00	123.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,660	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	58.00	58.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,227	57.00–60.00	58.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,543	80.00–85.00	82.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	52.00–55.00	54.16
14	—	1,227	56.00–63.00	58.26

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.