Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-05-27

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 27

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 13May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

147 head

▲ 147 vs last sale 0▲ 147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 0▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 0▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

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 $118.97/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$118.97

42 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$12.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.00

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	126.35	619	8thin
Medium and Large 2	471	121.09	571	17thin
Medium and Large 3	455	113.38	516	17thin

One grade step is worth $12.97/cwt here — about $103 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 sale42 hd

118.97

—

GA average16 barns · 1,131 hd

122.97

−4.00

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	—	Average	1,642	78.55	1,289	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,113	51.07	568	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	906	43.25	392	5thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	435	138.02/cwt	132.00–142.00	600	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	508	136.65/cwt	132.00–140.00	694	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	137.43/cwt	135.00–140.00	495	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	116.71/cwt	110.00–120.00	441	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	386	131.07/cwt	125.00–135.00	506	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	421	125.06/cwt	120.00–130.00	527	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	428	115.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	494	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	123.94/cwt	122.00–126.00	595	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	485	112.94/cwt	110.00–116.00	548	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	109.20/cwt	105.00–114.00	566	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	122.65/cwt	120.00–126.00	654	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	536	111.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	600	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	112.71/cwt	110.00–116.00	631	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	573	109.04/cwt	108.00–110.00	625	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	265	155.50/cwt	152.00–160.00	412	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	415	133.04/cwt	130.00–136.00	552	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	573	113.37/cwt	110.00–118.00	650	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	623	127.28/cwt	125.00–130.00	793	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,610	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,288	1
Bulls	—	—	1,652	78.06/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,290	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	893	47.10/cwt	45.00–50.00	421	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	925	37.48/cwt	36.00–39.00	347	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,106	48.04/cwt	45.00–49.00	531	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,118	53.50/cwt	50.00–58.00	598	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,018	663.82/cwt	600.00–725.00	6,758	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,048	902.15/cwt	850.00–950.00	9,455	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	900	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	549	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,073	54.79/cwt	51.00–59.00	588	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 May 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	110.00–118.00	111.98
4	—	386	125.00–135.00	131.07
4	—	421	120.00–130.00	125.06
2	—	480	122.00–126.00	123.94
3	—	560	110.00–116.00	112.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	110.00–116.00	112.94
2	—	573	108.00–110.00	109.04
3	—	428	110.00–120.00	115.46
4	—	518	105.00–114.00	109.20
6	—	378	110.00–120.00	116.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	135.00–140.00	137.43
6	—	533	120.00–126.00	122.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	132.00–140.00	136.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	132.00–142.00	138.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	125.00–130.00	127.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	130.00–136.00	133.04
3	—	265	152.00–160.00	155.50
3	—	573	110.00–118.00	113.37

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	6	—	1,048	850.00–950.00	902.15

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	8	—	1,018	600.00–725.00	663.82

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	—	900	61.00	61.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,073	51.00–59.00	54.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	80.00	80.00
3	—	1,652	77.00–79.00	78.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,106	45.00–49.00	48.04
5	—	1,118	50.00–58.00	53.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	36.00–39.00	37.48
3	—	893	45.00–50.00	47.10

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.