Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-05-13

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 13

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 6May 13May 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

162 head

▼ 61 vs last sale 223▲ 162 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 24▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 35▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves 3.00 lower, replacement cows mostly 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 $128.83/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$128.83

26 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$20.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.32

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	430	139.14	598	5thin
Medium and Large 2	425	130.91	557	13thin
Medium and Large 3	422	119.01	503	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.13/cwt here — about $96 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

128.83

—

GA average16 barns · 1,158 hd

125.51

+3.32

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	1,035	69.00	714	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,068	47.64	509	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	43.42	414	4thin

Every lot

16 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	303	125.04/cwt	120.00–130.00	379	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	364	135.15/cwt	130.00–138.00	492	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	133.24/cwt	130.00–135.00	569	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	139.14/cwt	138.00–142.00	598	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	462	117.00/cwt	114.00–120.00	541	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	119.95/cwt	118.00–122.00	630	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	315	163.87/cwt	160.00–168.00	516	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	557	124.02/cwt	120.00–126.00	691	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	583	142.47/cwt	140.00–145.00	831	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,035	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	714	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	930	41.56/cwt	39.00–44.00	387	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	500	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,068	47.64/cwt	44.00–51.00	509	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,013	679.48/cwt	600.00–900.00	6,883	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,590	1,116.88/cwt	1,050.00–1,200.00	17,758	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,065	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	660	1

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 May 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 223Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 24Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	140.00–145.00	142.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	160.00–168.00	163.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	120.00–126.00	124.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	430	138.00–142.00	139.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	118.00–122.00	119.95
5	—	364	130.00–138.00	135.15
5	—	427	130.00–135.00	133.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	120.00–130.00	125.04
6	—	462	114.00–120.00	117.00

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	3	—	1,590	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,116.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,013	600.00–900.00	679.48

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	62.00	62.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,068	44.00–51.00	47.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	49.00	49.00
3	—	930	39.00–44.00	41.56

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.