Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-07-15

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 15

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

134 head

▼ 108 vs last sale 242▲ 134 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 18▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 3▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.74/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$124.74

37 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$97

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

$46.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.42

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	382	155.18	593	9thin
Medium and Large 2	538	121.60	654	14thin
Medium and Large 3	636	108.33	689	14thin

One grade step is worth $46.85/cwt here — about −$97 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 sale37 hd

124.74

—

GA average16 barns · 1,667 hd

123.33

+1.42

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	1,033	66.50	687	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	56.91	689	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	840	51.00	428	1thin

Every lot

18 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	130.21/cwt	128.00–135.00	484	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	434	117.61/cwt	110.00–120.00	510	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	480	116.06/cwt	114.00–118.00	557	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	120.74/cwt	117.00–125.00	633	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	603	111.34/cwt	110.00–112.00	671	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	382	155.18/cwt	150.00–158.00	593	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	493	121.98/cwt	118.00–126.00	601	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	505	124.21/cwt	120.00–128.00	627	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	633	109.98/cwt	106.00–112.00	696	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	657	112.02/cwt	108.00–114.00	736	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	670	100.85/cwt	96.00–106.00	676	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	713	100.36/cwt	97.00–102.00	716	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	780	97.96/cwt	96.00–100.00	764	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,033	66.50/cwt	65.00–68.00	687	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	840	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	428	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	765	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	53.37/cwt	52.00–55.00	650	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,145	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,729	2

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 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 134Last week 242Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 3Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,218	52.00–55.00	53.37
1	—	1,195	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	65.00–68.00	66.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	2	—	1,145	675.00	675.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	480	114.00–118.00	116.06
4	—	434	110.00–120.00	117.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	117.00–125.00	120.74
5	—	372	128.00–135.00	130.21
3	—	603	110.00–112.00	111.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	493	118.00–126.00	121.98
3	—	713	97.00–102.00	100.36
3	—	633	106.00–112.00	109.98
2	—	780	96.00–100.00	97.96
2	—	670	96.00–106.00	100.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	505	120.00–128.00	124.21
3	—	657	108.00–114.00	112.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	382	150.00–158.00	155.18

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.