Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-05-06

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 6
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
223 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 286▲ 223 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 25▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 20▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.13/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$131.13
62 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$528
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.47
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2391136.7153435
Medium and Large 3419123.9051927
One grade step is worth $12.81/cwt here — about $16 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 sale62 hd
131.13
—
GA average15 barns · 1,513 hd
129.66
+1.47
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
Bulls—Average1,74878.101,3653thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average95059.005611thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,28752.376747thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93642.683999thin

Every lot

31 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2267149.27/cwt142.00–152.003995
Heifers—Medium and Large 3268135.54/cwt132.00–142.003633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316144.10/cwt140.00–148.004555
Heifers—Medium and Large 3316132.81/cwt130.00–136.004205
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368126.11/cwt120.00–130.004644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372138.79/cwt132.00–142.005168
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430132.17/cwt130.00–138.005689
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435123.54/cwt120.00–127.005374
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467128.36/cwt124.00–134.005995
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476120.76/cwt118.00–124.005755
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525113.46/cwt110.00–120.005963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528125.45/cwt120.00–128.006623
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585110.63/cwt106.00–116.006473
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418145.83/cwt142.00–150.006104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430152.56/cwt150.00–155.006566
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473129.91/cwt125.00–135.006147
Bulls—Medium and Large 3504123.77/cwt120.00–130.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505123.53/cwt120.00–127.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 3576113.99/cwt110.00–120.006575
Bulls—Medium and Large 3612111.78/cwt110.00–116.006848
Bulls—Medium and Large 3685103.94/cwt100.00–108.007122
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74074.65/cwt73.00–78.001,2992
Bulls——1,76585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83048.00/cwt48.00–48.003981
Cows—Lean 85-90%94942.01/cwt38.00–44.003998
Cows—Boner 80-85%95059.00/cwt59.00–59.005611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,09548.22/cwt44.00–51.005283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43155.49/cwt55.00–57.007944
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,293766.08/cwt650.00–800.009,9057
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-276071.00/cwt71.00–71.005401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-386255.15/cwt53.00–57.004753

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.