Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-08-05

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 5

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

125 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 134▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 24▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows mostly 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 $119.01/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$119.01

20 head · 422 lb average

Value per head Derived

$502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$21.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.24

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	402	134.33	540	6thin
Medium and Large 3	430	112.45	484	14thin

One grade step is worth $21.88/cwt here — about $56 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 sale20 hd

119.01

—

GA average16 barns · 1,654 hd

115.77

+3.24

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	1,405	69.53	977	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,236	54.57	674	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	928	43.47	403	4thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	143.96/cwt	142.00–146.00	523	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	138.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	561	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	416	134.20/cwt	130.00–140.00	558	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	473	125.24/cwt	120.00–128.00	592	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	123.85/cwt	120.00–128.00	650	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	374	115.66/cwt	110.00–120.00	433	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	135.47/cwt	130.00–140.00	528	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	132.05/cwt	130.00–134.00	561	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	110.53/cwt	106.00–116.00	470	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	491	110.77/cwt	110.00–114.00	544	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	369	143.94/cwt	140.00–148.00	531	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	465	119.94/cwt	118.00–126.00	558	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,245	63.80/cwt	62.00–65.00	794	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,397	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	928	43.47/cwt	42.00–45.00	403	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	54.57/cwt	50.00–58.00	674	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,145	708.52/cwt	625.00–775.00	8,113	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,753	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,310	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	825	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 Aug 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 125Last week 134Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 24Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 33Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	140.00–148.00	143.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	118.00–126.00	119.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	130.00–134.00	132.05
4	—	390	130.00–140.00	135.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	106.00–116.00	110.53
5	—	374	110.00–120.00	115.66
5	—	491	110.00–114.00	110.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	142.00–146.00	143.96
2	—	405	137.00–140.00	138.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	120.00–128.00	123.85
3	—	473	120.00–128.00	125.24
5	—	416	130.00–140.00	134.20

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	—	1,265	850.00	850.00

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	4	—	1,145	625.00–775.00	708.52

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)	2	—	1,310	63.00	63.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	81.00	81.00
2	—	1,245	62.00–65.00	63.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,236	50.00–58.00	54.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	928	42.00–45.00	43.47

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.