Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-09-09

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 9
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 113▲ 132 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 20▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 16▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.29/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$113.29
27 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.01
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425126.035363thin
Medium and Large 2383124.084754thin
Medium and Large 3445109.2248620
One grade step is worth $16.81/cwt here — about $50 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 sale27 hd
113.29
—
GA average15 barns · 1,012 hd
112.28
+1.01
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,15560.006931thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52955.008411thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10046.005061thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00041.004102thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373116.24/cwt112.00–120.004344
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383124.08/cwt120.00–128.004754
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417111.29/cwt108.00–114.004646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425126.03/cwt120.00–130.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480107.30/cwt104.00–110.005156
Heifers—Medium and Large 3505101.98/cwt100.00–104.005154
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373131.11/cwt126.00–136.0048910
Bulls—Medium and Large 3482114.06/cwt110.00–120.005503
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,15560.00/cwt60.00–60.006931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00041.00/cwt41.00–41.004102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10046.00/cwt46.00–46.005061
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52955.00/cwt55.00–55.008411
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,38563.00/cwt63.00–63.008731
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,405900.00/cwt900.00–900.0012,6452

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.