Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-08-26

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 26

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Aug 12Aug 26Sep 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

113 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 110▲ 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 23▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 10▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week.

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 $136.90/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$136.90

25 head · 418 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

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

$34.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.88

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	367	151.24	555	13thin
Medium and Large 2	437	131.01	572	4thin
Medium and Large 3	493	116.54	574	8thin

One grade step is worth $34.70/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale25 hd

136.90

—

GA average16 barns · 1,666 hd

122.01

+14.88

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,257	56.83	714	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	898	49.14	441	5thin

Every lot

20 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	357	117.62/cwt	115.00–120.00	420	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	123.07/cwt	120.00–127.00	519	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	489	110.96/cwt	110.00–114.00	543	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	517	105.97/cwt	100.00–110.00	548	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	310	148.06/cwt	146.00–150.00	459	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	324	159.59/cwt	158.00–162.00	517	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	325	135.15/cwt	130.00–140.00	439	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	371	147.95/cwt	142.00–152.00	549	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	404	147.00/cwt	142.00–150.00	594	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	522	114.75/cwt	110.00–118.00	599	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	113.96/cwt	112.00–116.00	642	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	575	105.91/cwt	100.00–110.00	609	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	864	47.93/cwt	45.00–51.00	414	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	559	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	54.62/cwt	50.00–57.00	672	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	61.25/cwt	60.00–62.00	802	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	595	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,267	57.68/cwt	54.00–61.00	731	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,056	705.83/cwt	650.00–775.00	7,454	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,340	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,060	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 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 113Last week 110Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 23Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 10Year ago 0

No Trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	489	110.00–114.00	110.96
3	—	517	100.00–110.00	105.97
3	—	357	115.00–120.00	117.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	120.00–127.00	123.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	100.00–110.00	105.91
3	—	522	110.00–118.00	114.75
2	—	325	130.00–140.00	135.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	112.00–116.00	113.96
2	—	310	146.00–150.00	148.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	371	142.00–152.00	147.95
4	—	404	142.00–150.00	147.00
4	—	324	158.00–162.00	159.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,230	50.00–57.00	54.62
4	—	1,310	60.00–62.00	61.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	864	45.00–51.00	47.93
1	—	1,035	54.00	54.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	—	1,267	54.00–61.00	57.68

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	—	850	70.00	70.00

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	8	—	1,056	650.00–775.00	705.83

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	900.00	900.00

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.