Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-06-24

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 24
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 80▲ 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 13▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 15▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.23/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$119.23
12 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.69
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2418122.985142thin
Medium and Large 3423118.4850110thin
One grade step is worth $4.50/cwt here — about $13 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 sale12 hd
119.23
—
GA average16 barns · 1,212 hd
115.55
+3.69
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
Bulls—Low1,36576.611,0464thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18458.076874thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92848.004452thin

Every lot

14 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363122.86/cwt120.00–128.004463
Heifers—Medium and Large 3416117.57/cwt110.00–120.004894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418122.98/cwt120.00–126.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 3492115.32/cwt110.00–118.005673
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520115.44/cwt110.00–120.006003
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33075.15/cwt70.00–79.009993
Bulls——1,47081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%76546.00/cwt46.00–46.003521
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09050.00/cwt50.00–50.005451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17057.09/cwt55.00–58.006683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22561.00/cwt61.00–61.007471
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,012723.39/cwt650.00–825.007,3216
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,290850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,9653
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,405950.00/cwt950.00–950.0013,3483

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.