Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-01-27

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 27

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jan 20Jan 27Feb 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

144 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 139▲ 144 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 23▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 14▲ 12 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 mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 2.00 higher, 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 $137.87/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$137.87

60 head · 409 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$22.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.01

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	397	150.12	595	16thin
Medium and Large 2	415	135.66	563	32
Medium and Large 3	412	127.44	524	12thin

One grade step is worth $22.68/cwt here — about $71 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 sale60 hd

137.87

—

GA average16 barns · 1,895 hd

125.85

+12.01

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	1,350	75.50	1,019	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,315	57.50	756	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	923	46.50	429	4thin

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 · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	318	145.25/cwt	142.00–148.00	462	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	322	135.31/cwt	130.00–138.00	436	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	154.47/cwt	150.00–158.00	570	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	133.81/cwt	130.00–138.00	499	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	389	138.65/cwt	129.00–147.00	539	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	132.42/cwt	130.00–138.00	550	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	145.76/cwt	142.00–152.00	618	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	135.95/cwt	134.00–138.00	646	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	480	118.64/cwt	116.00–120.00	569	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	116.08/cwt	114.00–118.00	604	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	122.29/cwt	120.00–127.00	643	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	308	162.81/cwt	160.00–168.00	501	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	149.15/cwt	144.00–154.00	626	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	524	135.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	708	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	567	124.59/cwt	118.00–128.00	706	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,275	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,033	1
Bulls	—	—	1,425	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	998	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	915	44.67/cwt	43.00–46.00	409	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	491	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	759	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,425	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	741	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	960	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	634	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,090	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	687	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,090	62.40/cwt	58.00–67.00	680	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	905	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,561	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 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 144Last week 139Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 23Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 14Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	160.00–168.00	162.81
3	—	567	118.00–128.00	124.59
6	—	420	144.00–154.00	149.15
7	—	524	130.00–140.00	135.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	130.00–138.00	135.31
3	—	480	116.00–120.00	118.64
4	—	373	130.00–138.00	133.81
2	—	520	114.00–118.00	116.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	389	129.00–147.00	138.65
4	—	526	120.00–127.00	122.29
5	—	318	142.00–148.00	145.25
5	—	475	134.00–138.00	135.95
8	—	415	130.00–138.00	132.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	369	150.00–158.00	154.47
8	—	424	142.00–152.00	145.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	81.00	81.00
1	—	1,425	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	52.00	52.00
1	—	1,205	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	52.00	52.00
3	—	915	43.00–46.00	44.67

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	100.00	100.00

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)	1	—	1,090	63.00	63.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	66.00	66.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,090	58.00–67.00	62.40

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	—	905	725.00	725.00

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.