Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-07-29

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 29

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

134 head

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

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 11▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 48▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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 $119.03/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$119.03

34 head · 430 lb average

Value per head Derived

$512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$12.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.07

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	416	125.84	524	16thin
Medium and Large 3	442	112.99	500	18thin

One grade step is worth $12.85/cwt here — about $24 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 sale34 hd

119.03

—

GA average16 barns · 1,685 hd

117.96

+1.07

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	1,528	80.19	1,225	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,082	57.58	623	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	946	50.66	479	5thin

Every lot

24 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 2	453	132.71/cwt	130.00–138.00	601	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	132.02/cwt	130.00–136.00	809	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	133.44/cwt	130.00–137.00	420	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	122.05/cwt	120.00–124.00	461	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	414	112.78/cwt	110.00–118.00	467	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	432	124.66/cwt	120.00–130.00	539	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	121.94/cwt	120.00–124.00	571	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	507	109.34/cwt	108.00–112.00	554	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	638	91.98/cwt	90.00–94.00	587	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	308	147.33/cwt	144.00–152.00	454	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	364	146.45/cwt	142.00–150.00	533	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	388	134.03/cwt	130.00–138.00	520	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	137.71/cwt	135.00–140.00	585	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	508	112.44/cwt	110.00–118.00	571	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	712	92.01/cwt	90.00–96.00	655	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,412	78.25/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,105	3
Bulls	—	—	1,875	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,613	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	946	50.66/cwt	48.00–53.00	479	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,061	54.79/cwt	53.00–56.00	581	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	64.56/cwt	63.00–67.00	733	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	887	739.06/cwt	700.00–775.00	6,555	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,340	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,395	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	561	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,215	59.66/cwt	59.00–61.00	725	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 Jul 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 134Last week 122Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 11Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 48Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	425	135.00–140.00	137.71
8	—	364	142.00–150.00	146.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	712	90.00–96.00	92.01
4	—	388	130.00–138.00	134.03
5	—	508	110.00–118.00	112.44
6	—	308	144.00–152.00	147.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	130.00–137.00	133.44
6	—	432	120.00–130.00	124.66
6	—	468	120.00–124.00	121.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	90.00–94.00	91.98
3	—	507	108.00–112.00	109.34
6	—	378	120.00–124.00	122.05
7	—	414	110.00–118.00	112.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	130.00–136.00	132.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	130.00–138.00	132.71

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	2	—	1,340	925.00	925.00

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	10	—	887	700.00–775.00	739.06

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	71.00	71.00

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)	3	—	1,215	59.00–61.00	59.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,875	86.00	86.00
3	—	1,412	74.00–80.00	78.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	63.00–67.00	64.56
5	—	1,061	53.00–56.00	54.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	946	48.00–53.00	50.66

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.