Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-11-11

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 11

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Nov 4Nov 11Nov 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

146 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 166▼ 49 vs year ago 195 · −25.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 20▲ 9 vs year ago 10 · +90.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 6▲ 9 vs year ago 7 · +128.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly 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 $113.77/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$113.77

46 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$16.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	449	124.01	557	9thin
Medium and Large 2	454	116.86	531	16thin
Medium and Large 3	457	107.03	490	21

One grade step is worth $16.98/cwt here — about $68 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 sale46 hd

113.77

—

GA average16 barns · 1,597 hd

109.52

+4.25

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	1,545	67.78	1,047	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	942	41.75	393	5thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	485	130.90/cwt	126.00–136.00	635	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	517	125.21/cwt	120.00–128.00	647	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	112.61/cwt	110.00–116.00	405	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	121.99/cwt	120.00–124.00	461	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	416	120.29/cwt	118.00–122.00	500	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	126.09/cwt	124.00–128.00	536	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	112.02/cwt	110.00–114.00	493	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	122.35/cwt	120.00–126.00	574	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	469	104.66/cwt	100.00–108.00	491	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	102.60/cwt	100.00–105.00	534	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	543	110.02/cwt	106.00–114.00	597	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	630	95.08/cwt	90.00–100.00	599	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	430	124.44/cwt	120.00–130.00	535	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	134.99/cwt	134.00–136.00	634	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	513	124.99/cwt	122.00–128.00	641	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	583	103.95/cwt	102.00–108.00	606	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,545	67.78/cwt	65.00–69.00	1,047	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	47.20/cwt	45.00–51.00	406	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	997	38.11/cwt	36.00–40.00	380	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,078	57.76/cwt	54.00–63.00	623	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,167	47.17/cwt	45.00–51.00	550	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,266	43.90/cwt	42.00–46.00	556	4

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 Nov 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 146Last week 166Year ago 195

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 20Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 6Year ago 7

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	134.00–136.00	134.99
4	—	513	122.00–128.00	124.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	102.00–108.00	103.95
7	—	430	120.00–130.00	124.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	124.00–128.00	126.09
5	—	469	120.00–126.00	122.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	120.00–124.00	121.99
6	—	416	118.00–122.00	120.29
6	—	543	106.00–114.00	110.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	90.00–100.00	95.08
4	—	440	110.00–114.00	112.02
4	—	520	100.00–105.00	102.60
5	—	469	100.00–108.00	104.66
6	—	360	110.00–116.00	112.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	120.00–128.00	125.21
4	—	485	126.00–136.00	130.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,078	54.00–63.00	57.76

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	—	1,167	45.00–51.00	47.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,266	42.00–46.00	43.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,545	65.00–69.00	67.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	45.00–51.00	47.20
3	—	997	36.00–40.00	38.11

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.