Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-08-12

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 12

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Aug 5Aug 12Aug 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

110 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 125▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 12▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 15▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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 $118.11/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$118.11

23 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$18.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.25

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	431	131.90	568	6thin
Medium and Large 3	433	113.25	490	17thin

One grade step is worth $18.65/cwt here — about $78 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 sale23 hd

118.11

—

GA average16 barns · 1,362 hd

112.87

+5.25

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	1,268	70.00	888	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,328	53.46	710	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	958	44.46	426	7thin

Every lot

14 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	303	126.59/cwt	120.00–130.00	384	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	388	114.90/cwt	110.00–120.00	446	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	416	113.92/cwt	110.00–120.00	474	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	131.90/cwt	130.00–138.00	568	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	487	111.97/cwt	110.00–116.00	545	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	533	102.54/cwt	100.00–110.00	547	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	283	143.89/cwt	140.00–148.00	407	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	147.08/cwt	144.00–150.00	559	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	134.38/cwt	132.00–137.00	564	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	430	127.44/cwt	125.00–130.00	548	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,268	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	888	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	44.46/cwt	42.00–47.00	426	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	53.46/cwt	53.00–54.00	710	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,055	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,121	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 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 110Last week 125Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 12Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	132.00–137.00	134.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	144.00–150.00	147.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	125.00–130.00	127.44
4	—	283	140.00–148.00	143.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	431	130.00–138.00	131.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	110.00–120.00	114.90
3	—	303	120.00–130.00	126.59
3	—	487	110.00–116.00	111.97
4	—	533	100.00–110.00	102.54
5	—	416	110.00–120.00	113.92

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	—	1,055	675.00	675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,328	53.00–54.00	53.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	958	42.00–47.00	44.46

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.