Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-01-13

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 13

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jan 6Jan 13Jan 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

96 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 121▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 30▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 4▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 higher, steer calves steady, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, replacement cows mostly 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 $125.96/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$125.96

36 head · 437 lb average

Value per head Derived

$550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$18.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.00

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	136.04	646	4thin
Medium and Large 2	434	127.99	556	22
Medium and Large 3	428	117.46	502	10thin

One grade step is worth $18.58/cwt here — about $144 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 sale36 hd

125.96

—

GA average16 barns · 1,842 hd

123.96

+2.00

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	1,585	73.00	1,157	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,332	49.60	661	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	745	45.00	335	2thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	134.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	634	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	127.66/cwt	124.00–130.00	853	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	137.11/cwt	134.00–140.00	450	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	363	123.31/cwt	120.00–128.00	448	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	133.39/cwt	130.00–140.00	508	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	136.04/cwt	132.00–140.00	646	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	122.02/cwt	118.00–128.00	594	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	492	111.61/cwt	110.00–114.00	549	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	120.60/cwt	118.00–125.00	632	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	260	174.15/cwt	170.00–178.00	453	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	386	158.03/cwt	155.00–160.00	610	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	418	142.73/cwt	138.00–148.00	597	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	142.67/cwt	138.00–148.00	611	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	486	142.82/cwt	140.00–148.00	694	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,585	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,157	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	745	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	335	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,332	49.60/cwt	46.00–53.00	661	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	870	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,438	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,203	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,380	55.36/cwt	54.00–57.00	764	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 Jan 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 96Last week 121Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 4Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	260	170.00–178.00	174.15
5	—	386	155.00–160.00	158.03
6	—	418	138.00–148.00	142.73
7	—	486	140.00–148.00	142.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	428	138.00–148.00	142.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	118.00–128.00	122.02
6	—	524	118.00–125.00	120.60
7	—	381	130.00–140.00	133.39
4	—	328	134.00–140.00	137.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	132.00–140.00	136.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	363	120.00–128.00	123.31
5	—	492	110.00–114.00	111.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	668	124.00–130.00	127.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	130.00–140.00	134.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,332	46.00–53.00	49.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	45.00	45.00

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	—	870	625.00	625.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	965	850.00	850.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,380	54.00–57.00	55.36

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.