Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-10-28

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 28

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

220 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 187▲ 220 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 23▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 14▲ 18 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 steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 higher, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves mostly 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 $113.75/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$113.75

43 head · 418 lb average

Value per head Derived

$475

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$8.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.21

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	413	118.31	489	17thin
Medium and Large 1	520	114.15	594	4thin
Medium and Large 3	402	110.15	443	22

One grade step is worth $8.16/cwt here — about $45 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 sale43 hd

113.75

—

GA average16 barns · 1,314 hd

107.54

+6.21

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	1,270	60.00	762	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	46.23	560	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	41.93	426	6thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	323	133.30/cwt	130.00–136.00	431	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	126.90/cwt	124.00–130.00	486	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	126.99/cwt	125.00–130.00	594	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	116.34/cwt	112.00–121.00	663	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	612	117.22/cwt	116.00–118.00	717	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	109.49/cwt	107.00–112.00	720	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	331	113.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	377	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	377	110.91/cwt	108.00–115.00	418	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	121.05/cwt	118.00–126.00	466	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	408	118.01/cwt	116.00–120.00	481	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	435	110.47/cwt	108.00–113.00	481	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	113.96/cwt	110.00–118.00	536	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	105.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	498	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	114.15/cwt	110.00–118.00	594	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	311	133.65/cwt	130.00–136.00	416	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	336	143.14/cwt	140.00–148.00	481	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	407	125.75/cwt	120.00–128.00	512	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	503	118.58/cwt	115.00–124.00	596	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,270	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	762	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	47.75/cwt	45.00–51.00	441	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,050	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	525	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	39.02/cwt	37.00–42.00	414	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	43.71/cwt	42.00–48.00	577	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,273	782.71/cwt	725.00–850.00	9,964	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	564	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,083	53.67/cwt	52.00–55.00	581	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,105	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	641	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 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 220Last week 187Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 23Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 14Year ago 0

Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 higher, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	612	116.00–118.00	117.22
4	—	570	112.00–121.00	116.34
4	—	658	107.00–112.00	109.49
5	—	468	125.00–130.00	126.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	124.00–130.00	126.90
6	—	323	130.00–136.00	133.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	336	140.00–148.00	143.14
5	—	503	115.00–124.00	118.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	311	130.00–136.00	133.65
7	—	407	120.00–128.00	125.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	110.00–118.00	114.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	110.00–118.00	113.96
6	—	408	116.00–120.00	118.01
7	—	385	118.00–126.00	121.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	108.00–113.00	110.47
5	—	331	110.00–120.00	113.93
6	—	470	100.00–110.00	105.89
7	—	377	108.00–115.00	110.91

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	4	—	1,273	725.00–850.00	782.71

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	—	805	70.00	70.00

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)	2	—	1,105	58.00	58.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,083	52.00–55.00	53.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	50.00	50.00
3	—	1,320	42.00–48.00	43.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	45.00–51.00	47.75
4	—	1,061	37.00–42.00	39.02

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.