Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-02-03

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 3

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jan 27Feb 3Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

89 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 144▲ 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 12▲ 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 3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 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 $127.46/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$127.46

25 head · 437 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$14.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.93

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	457	138.63	634	3thin
Medium and Large 3	401	127.46	511	13thin
Medium and Large 2	484	123.73	598	9thin

One grade step is worth $14.90/cwt here — about $35 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 sale25 hd

127.46

—

GA average16 barns · 1,659 hd

124.53

+2.93

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	1,310	68.82	902	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,114	48.48	540	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	976	43.83	428	8thin

Every lot

19 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 3	375	154.91/cwt	152.00–160.00	581	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	323	137.89/cwt	136.00–140.00	445	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	136.07/cwt	134.00–138.00	501	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	368	131.86/cwt	128.00–134.00	485	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	408	123.98/cwt	120.00–128.00	506	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	138.63/cwt	136.00–140.00	634	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	113.85/cwt	110.00–120.00	656	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	593	106.99/cwt	104.00–110.00	634	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	305	160.22/cwt	156.00–165.00	489	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	382	152.00/cwt	148.00–158.00	581	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	460	142.30/cwt	139.00–144.00	655	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	513	132.10/cwt	130.00–136.00	678	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	557	132.82/cwt	130.00–136.00	740	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,310	68.82/cwt	68.00–70.00	902	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	976	43.83/cwt	40.00–47.00	428	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,048	53.96/cwt	53.00–55.00	566	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	507	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	992	69.38/cwt	65.00–72.00	688	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,018	59.32/cwt	57.00–61.00	604	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 Feb 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 89Last week 144Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 12Year 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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	557	130.00–136.00	132.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	139.00–144.00	142.30
3	—	513	130.00–136.00	132.10
4	—	305	156.00–165.00	160.22
7	—	382	148.00–158.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	576	110.00–120.00	113.85
4	—	368	134.00–138.00	136.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	104.00–110.00	106.99
3	—	368	128.00–134.00	131.86
4	—	323	136.00–140.00	137.89
4	—	408	120.00–128.00	123.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	136.00–140.00	138.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	152.00–160.00	154.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	68.00–70.00	68.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	43.00	43.00
2	—	1,048	53.00–55.00	53.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	976	40.00–47.00	43.83

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,018	57.00–61.00	59.32

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)	3	—	992	65.00–72.00	69.38

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.