Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-09-30

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 30

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

206 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 225▲ 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 18▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, 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 $114.53/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$114.53

57 head · 389 lb average

Value per head Derived

$446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$14.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.47

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	354	123.09	436	24
Medium and Large 3	415	108.30	449	33

One grade step is worth $14.79/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale57 hd

114.53

—

GA average16 barns · 1,811 hd

105.05

+9.47

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	1,650	72.92	1,203	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,017	45.21	460	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,179	44.26	522	4thin

Every lot

17 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	278	126.72/cwt	124.00–130.00	352	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	291	133.96/cwt	130.00–138.00	390	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	124.65/cwt	120.00–130.00	403	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	358	111.95/cwt	108.00–118.00	401	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	120.33/cwt	118.00–122.00	445	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	112.57/cwt	110.00–116.00	484	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	434	102.93/cwt	100.00–110.00	447	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	476	102.15/cwt	100.00–108.00	486	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	99.97/cwt	98.00–102.00	518	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	328	136.15/cwt	132.00–140.00	447	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	564	100.65/cwt	98.00–105.00	568	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	625	94.09/cwt	90.00–100.00	588	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,650	72.92/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,203	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	930	50.75/cwt	48.00–52.00	472	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	41.05/cwt	40.00–45.00	445	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	41.35/cwt	40.00–44.00	475	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	673	1

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 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 206Last week 225Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 18Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,083	40.00–45.00	41.05
3	—	930	48.00–52.00	50.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,148	40.00–44.00	41.35
1	—	1,270	53.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,650	71.00–75.00	72.92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	476	100.00–108.00	102.15
7	—	434	100.00–110.00	102.93
6	—	358	108.00–118.00	111.95
6	—	278	124.00–130.00	126.72
4	—	518	98.00–102.00	99.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	370	118.00–122.00	120.33
7	—	291	130.00–138.00	133.96
6	—	430	110.00–116.00	112.57
4	—	323	120.00–130.00	124.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	564	98.00–105.00	100.65
6	—	625	90.00–100.00	94.09
4	—	328	132.00–140.00	136.15

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.