Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-01-20

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 20

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

139 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 96▲ 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 13▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 12▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 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 $135.36/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$135.36

67 head · 384 lb average

Value per head Derived

$520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$20.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.76

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	416	143.94	599	10thin
Medium and Large 2	338	143.60	485	30
Medium and Large 3	424	123.03	521	27

One grade step is worth $20.91/cwt here — about $77 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 sale67 hd

135.36

—

GA average15 barns · 1,408 hd

130.61

+4.76

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	1,650	74.59	1,231	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	49.25	604	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,142	45.74	522	3thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	143.94/cwt	142.00–148.00	773	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	275	137.32/cwt	130.00–140.00	378	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	276	148.30/cwt	145.00–150.00	409	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	317	144.44/cwt	140.00–148.00	458	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	133.34/cwt	130.00–137.00	433	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	368	124.90/cwt	120.00–130.00	460	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	142.73/cwt	140.00–145.00	528	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	143.94/cwt	140.00–150.00	599	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	627	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	493	116.98/cwt	114.00–120.00	577	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	114.63/cwt	110.00–118.00	594	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	110.68/cwt	110.00–112.00	625	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	203	196.48/cwt	195.00–198.00	399	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	318	163.96/cwt	160.00–170.00	521	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	173.88/cwt	170.00–180.00	565	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	378	168.64/cwt	163.00–173.00	637	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	386	156.82/cwt	152.00–160.00	605	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	146.11/cwt	142.00–150.00	618	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	514	136.62/cwt	134.00–140.00	702	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,650	74.59/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,231	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,142	45.74/cwt	44.00–48.00	522	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	46.23/cwt	43.00–48.00	561	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,239	52.26/cwt	50.00–55.00	648	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,145	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	630	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,188	50.17/cwt	46.00–55.00	596	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	8,418	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 Jan 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 96Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 13Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 12Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	203	195.00–198.00	196.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	325	170.00–180.00	173.88
9	—	378	163.00–173.00	168.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	318	160.00–170.00	163.96
7	—	423	142.00–150.00	146.11
7	—	514	134.00–140.00	136.62
10	—	386	152.00–160.00	156.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	110.00–112.00	110.68
4	—	325	130.00–137.00	133.34
4	—	368	120.00–130.00	124.90
4	—	493	114.00–120.00	116.98
5	—	275	130.00–140.00	137.32
7	—	518	110.00–118.00	114.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	317	140.00–148.00	144.44
4	—	473	130.00–135.00	132.46
7	—	370	140.00–145.00	142.73
9	—	276	145.00–150.00	148.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	416	140.00–150.00	143.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	142.00–148.00	143.94

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)	2	—	1,188	46.00–55.00	50.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	55.00	55.00

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	—	1,295	650.00	650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,650	73.00–76.00	74.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,213	43.00–48.00	46.23
4	—	1,239	50.00–55.00	52.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	44.00–48.00	45.74

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.