Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-09-16

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 16

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

74 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 132▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 6▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady to 3.00 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 $115.68/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$115.68

20 head · 388 lb average

Value per head Derived

$449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$4.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.62

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	429	117.80	505	10thin
Medium and Large 3	347	113.56	394	10thin

One grade step is worth $4.24/cwt here — about $111 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

115.68

—

GA average16 barns · 1,462 hd

105.06

+10.62

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	1,923	71.15	1,368	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,190	44.71	532	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,050	44.00	462	1thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	127.70/cwt	125.00–130.00	543	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	305	115.08/cwt	110.00–120.00	351	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	124.14/cwt	120.00–128.00	451	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	112.55/cwt	108.00–116.00	422	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	113.58/cwt	110.00–117.00	537	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	282	134.58/cwt	130.00–138.00	380	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	124.10/cwt	120.00–128.00	521	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	488	116.95/cwt	114.00–120.00	571	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,923	71.15/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,368	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	462	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	44.71/cwt	43.00–48.00	532	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,128	734.27/cwt	725.00–750.00	8,283	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,340	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	441	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,302	55.84/cwt	53.00–57.00	727	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 Sep 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 132Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 9Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	120.00–128.00	124.10
4	—	488	114.00–120.00	116.95
6	—	282	130.00–138.00	134.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	120.00–128.00	124.14
6	—	473	110.00–117.00	113.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	305	110.00–120.00	115.08
6	—	375	108.00–116.00	112.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	425	125.00–130.00	127.70

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	—	1,260	900.00	900.00

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	6	—	1,128	725.00–750.00	734.27

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	—	700	63.00	63.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,302	53.00–57.00	55.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,923	67.00–75.00	71.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,190	43.00–48.00	44.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	44.00	44.00

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.