Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-01-06

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 6

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

121 head

▼ 118 vs last sale 239▲ 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 19▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 50▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to holiday break.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.20/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$132.20

45 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

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

$15.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.30

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	411	143.10	588	13thin
Medium and Large 3	463	127.77	592	32

One grade step is worth $15.33/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale45 hd

132.20

—

GA average4 barns · 329 hd

135.50

−3.30

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	—	Average	1,548	72.53	1,123	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,113	48.15	536	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,085	40.00	434	3thin

Every lot

18 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	130.94/cwt	120.00–138.00	490	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	112.07/cwt	110.00–114.00	429	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	513	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	125.72/cwt	122.00–128.00	602	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	105.07/cwt	100.00–110.00	586	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	319	160.50/cwt	155.00–164.00	512	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	371	143.28/cwt	140.00–148.00	532	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	132.41/cwt	128.00–138.00	560	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	468	132.23/cwt	130.00–134.00	619	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	472	124.81/cwt	120.00–128.00	589	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	567	113.65/cwt	110.00–116.00	644	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	617	106.54/cwt	100.00–110.00	657	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,523	75.06/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,143	2
Bulls	—	—	1,573	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,101	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,011	45.13/cwt	43.00–49.00	456	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	434	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	51.93/cwt	50.00–54.00	644	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	537	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 Jan 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 121Last week 239Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 19Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 50Year ago 0

No trends available this week due to holiday break.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	122.00–128.00	125.72
9	—	374	120.00–138.00	130.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	110.00–114.00	112.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	417	120.00–126.00	123.00
4	—	558	100.00–110.00	105.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	472	120.00–128.00	124.81
7	—	371	140.00–148.00	143.28
5	—	567	110.00–116.00	113.65
3	—	617	100.00–110.00	106.54
10	—	423	128.00–138.00	132.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	130.00–134.00	132.23
5	—	319	155.00–164.00	160.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,011	43.00–49.00	45.13
4	—	1,241	50.00–54.00	51.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	73.00–77.00	75.06
2	—	1,573	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1	—	925	58.00	58.00

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.