Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-02-10

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 10

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Feb 3Feb 10Feb 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

133 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 89▲ 133 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

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

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly 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 $133.64/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$133.64

33 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

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

$26.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.92

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	140.13	617	11thin
Medium and Large 2	401	134.03	538	18thin
Medium and Large 3	513	114.06	585	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.07/cwt here — about $31 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 sale33 hd

133.64

—

GA average15 barns · 1,365 hd

122.73

+10.92

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	1,335	76.00	1,015	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	61.00	793	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	47.37	470	3thin

Every lot

27 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	278	163.05/cwt	160.00–170.00	453	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	403	144.02/cwt	140.00–146.00	580	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	280	144.00/cwt	142.00–150.00	403	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	143.40/cwt	140.00–146.00	473	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	138.43/cwt	136.00–140.00	522	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	142.27/cwt	140.00–146.00	605	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	137.56/cwt	132.00–142.00	630	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	513	114.06/cwt	110.00–118.00	585	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	117.40/cwt	112.00–120.00	661	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	109.02/cwt	108.00–110.00	687	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	275	157.36/cwt	152.00–162.00	433	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	284	167.96/cwt	165.00–170.00	477	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	313	164.79/cwt	160.00–170.00	516	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	415	146.48/cwt	144.00–148.00	608	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	461	143.40/cwt	138.00–148.00	661	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	539	137.70/cwt	136.00–140.00	742	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	633	116.61/cwt	114.00–122.00	738	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,185	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	853	1
Bulls	—	—	1,485	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,188	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	505	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	993	45.56/cwt	45.00–46.00	452	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	793	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	763	61.63/cwt	58.00–65.00	470	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	623	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	804	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,110	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,048	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,145	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,591	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 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 133Last week 89Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 23Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 14Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	114.00–122.00	116.61
4	—	313	160.00–170.00	164.79
5	—	284	165.00–170.00	167.96
7	—	539	136.00–140.00	137.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	275	152.00–162.00	157.36
4	—	415	144.00–148.00	146.48
4	—	461	138.00–148.00	143.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	140.00–146.00	143.40
3	—	563	112.00–120.00	117.40
5	—	280	142.00–150.00	144.00
5	—	377	136.00–140.00	138.43
2	—	630	108.00–110.00	109.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	110.00–118.00	114.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	458	132.00–142.00	137.56
6	—	425	140.00–146.00	142.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	160.00–170.00	163.05
3	—	403	140.00–146.00	144.02

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	75.00	75.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	82.00	82.00

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)	2	—	763	58.00–65.00	61.63

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	—	1,145	925.00	925.00

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	—	1,110	725.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,485	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	51.00	51.00
2	—	993	45.00–46.00	45.56

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.