Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-07-08

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 8

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jun 24Jul 8Jul 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

242 head

▲ 166 vs last sale 76▲ 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 21▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 19▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week due to Holiday last 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 $118.41/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$118.41

81 head · 356 lb average

Value per head Derived

$421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$10.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.91

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	360	125.04	450	28
Medium and Large 3	354	114.91	407	53

One grade step is worth $10.13/cwt here — about $43 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 sale81 hd

118.41

—

GA average4 barns · 311 hd

116.49

+1.91

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	1,462	80.67	1,179	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	56.39	715	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	55.00	814	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	904	46.81	423	3thin

Every lot

21 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	420	127.38/cwt	125.00–130.00	535	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	514	124.04/cwt	122.00–130.00	638	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	126.07/cwt	122.00–130.00	347	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	281	131.84/cwt	130.00–138.00	370	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	333	113.64/cwt	110.00–120.00	378	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	334	125.59/cwt	120.00–130.00	419	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	112.08/cwt	110.00–116.00	415	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	122.80/cwt	118.00–128.00	464	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	412	112.00/cwt	110.00–115.00	461	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	121.75/cwt	118.00–124.00	511	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	388	125.59/cwt	120.00–130.00	487	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	483	116.51/cwt	110.00–120.00	563	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	567	108.02/cwt	104.00–110.00	612	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,020	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	775	1
Bulls	—	—	1,683	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,397	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	883	49.22/cwt	47.00–52.00	435	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	397	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	59.08/cwt	57.00–61.00	737	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	668	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	814	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	780	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	507	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 Jul 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 242Last week 76Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 21Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 19Year ago 0

No Trends available this week due to Holiday last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	378	118.00–128.00	122.80
8	—	420	118.00–124.00	121.75
6	—	281	130.00–138.00	131.84
6	—	334	120.00–130.00	125.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	275	122.00–130.00	126.07
14	—	370	110.00–116.00	112.08
14	—	412	110.00–115.00	112.00
16	—	333	110.00–120.00	113.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	104.00–110.00	108.02
9	—	388	120.00–130.00	125.59
11	—	483	110.00–120.00	116.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	122.00–130.00	124.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	420	125.00–130.00	127.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	—	780	65.00	65.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	76.00	76.00
2	—	1,683	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	51.00	51.00
2	—	1,248	57.00–61.00	59.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	42.00	42.00
2	—	883	47.00–52.00	49.22

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.