Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-07-22

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 22

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

122 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 134▲ 122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 10▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

48 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 7▲ 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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 $119.89/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$119.89

42 head · 434 lb average

Value per head Derived

$521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$63

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

$23.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.44

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	338	134.00	453	5thin
Medium and Large 2	426	125.83	536	18thin
Medium and Large 3	467	110.54	516	19thin

One grade step is worth $23.46/cwt here — about −$63 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

119.89

—

GA average15 barns · 1,289 hd

115.45

+4.44

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	1,220	75.00	915	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,197	53.74	643	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	43.52	443	4thin

Every lot

22 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	413	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	477	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	115.97/cwt	112.00–122.00	438	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	132.88/cwt	130.00–136.00	505	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	413	126.44/cwt	122.00–130.00	522	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	113.42/cwt	110.00–118.00	482	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	121.19/cwt	116.00–125.00	565	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	533	105.12/cwt	100.00–110.00	560	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	625	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	638	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	315	147.46/cwt	144.00–150.00	464	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	378	150.01/cwt	148.00–152.00	567	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	468	129.60/cwt	127.00–132.00	607	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	468	122.98/cwt	120.00–126.00	576	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	579	126.92/cwt	124.00–130.00	735	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	618	103.04/cwt	100.00–106.00	637	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,220	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	915	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	43.52/cwt	42.00–46.00	443	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	594	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,222	53.99/cwt	50.00–56.00	660	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,147	771.06/cwt	650.00–875.00	8,844	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,554	1,149.23/cwt	950.00–1,250.00	17,859	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	624	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 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 122Last week 134Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 10Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 7Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	579	124.00–130.00	126.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	148.00–152.00	150.01
6	—	468	127.00–132.00	129.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	120.00–126.00	122.98
4	—	618	100.00–106.00	103.04
6	—	315	144.00–150.00	147.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	295	140.00	140.00
3	—	367	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	130.00–136.00	132.88
7	—	413	122.00–130.00	126.44
7	—	466	116.00–125.00	121.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	100.00–104.00	102.02
4	—	533	100.00–110.00	105.12
5	—	378	112.00–122.00	115.97
7	—	425	110.00–118.00	113.42

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	5	—	1,554	950.00–1,250.00	1,149.23

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	16	—	1,147	650.00–875.00	771.06

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	855	73.00	73.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	53.00	53.00
3	—	1,222	50.00–56.00	53.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,019	42.00–46.00	43.52

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.