Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-10-14

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 14

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

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Feeder Cattle receipts

264 head

▲ 63 vs last sale 201▲ 264 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 12▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves steady, replacement cows 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 $112.21/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$112.21

63 head · 387 lb average

Value per head Derived

$434

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$18.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.67

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	384	125.35	481	7thin
Medium and Large 2	403	115.26	464	26
Medium and Large 3	374	106.51	399	30

One grade step is worth $18.84/cwt here — about $83 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 sale63 hd

112.21

—

GA average16 barns · 1,428 hd

105.54

+6.67

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	1,598	65.77	1,051	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,209	48.10	581	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	44.67	442	8thin

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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	329	124.66/cwt	120.00–128.00	410	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	338	110.62/cwt	108.00–116.00	374	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	365	104.29/cwt	100.00–110.00	381	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	113.86/cwt	110.00–118.00	430	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	125.35/cwt	122.00–130.00	481	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	111.67/cwt	110.00–114.00	471	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	105.49/cwt	100.00–110.00	454	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	108.19/cwt	107.00–110.00	574	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	306	136.33/cwt	130.00–140.00	417	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	363	129.62/cwt	125.00–132.00	471	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	381	137.51/cwt	134.00–140.00	524	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	416	129.24/cwt	125.00–132.00	538	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	424	124.90/cwt	120.00–128.00	530	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	107.70/cwt	105.00–112.00	609	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,598	65.77/cwt	63.00–69.00	1,051	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	977	46.87/cwt	43.00–49.00	458	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	41.01/cwt	40.00–42.00	413	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	46.80/cwt	44.00–48.00	517	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,520	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	790	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,080	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,480	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 Oct 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 264Last week 201Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 12Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	977	43.00–49.00	46.87
3	—	1,008	40.00–42.00	41.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	44.00–48.00	46.80
1	—	1,520	52.00	52.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,598	63.00–69.00	65.77

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	—	1,080	600.00	600.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	365	100.00–110.00	104.29
9	—	338	108.00–116.00	110.62
8	—	430	100.00–110.00	105.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	378	110.00–118.00	113.86
7	—	329	120.00–128.00	124.66
5	—	531	107.00–110.00	108.19
5	—	422	110.00–114.00	111.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	384	122.00–130.00	125.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	424	120.00–128.00	124.90
9	—	363	125.00–132.00	129.62
8	—	306	130.00–140.00	136.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	565	105.00–112.00	107.70
7	—	381	134.00–140.00	137.51
5	—	416	125.00–132.00	129.24

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.