Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-02-17

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 17

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Feb 10Feb 17Feb 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

108 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 133▲ 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 11▲ 15 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 steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves and 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 $134.83/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$134.83

38 head · 354 lb average

Value per head Derived

$478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$16.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.69

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	337	140.85	474	24
Medium and Large 3	384	124.50	478	14thin

One grade step is worth $16.36/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale38 hd

134.83

—

GA average15 barns · 1,100 hd

129.14

+5.69

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,482	59.71	885	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	955	44.09	421	6thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	417	138.62/cwt	136.00–144.00	578	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	138.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	806	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	132.30/cwt	130.00–135.00	814	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	124.73/cwt	120.00–130.00	827	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	128.33/cwt	125.00–130.00	920	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	276	146.98/cwt	144.00–150.00	406	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	314	132.45/cwt	130.00–136.00	416	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	321	143.04/cwt	140.00–148.00	459	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	125.27/cwt	120.00–130.00	463	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	137.70/cwt	134.00–140.00	516	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	406	132.36/cwt	130.00–136.00	537	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	466	115.92/cwt	110.00–120.00	540	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	278	162.66/cwt	160.00–165.00	452	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	315	164.67/cwt	160.00–167.00	519	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	353	162.48/cwt	160.00–165.00	574	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	44.09/cwt	40.00–46.00	421	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	721	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,543	63.07/cwt	61.00–65.00	973	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	900	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,875	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	865	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	545	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	887	83.20/cwt	81.00–86.00	738	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	890	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	525	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,048	75.45/cwt	74.00–77.00	791	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 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 108Last week 133Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 11Year 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
4	—	353	160.00–165.00	162.48
5	—	315	160.00–167.00	164.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	278	160.00–165.00	162.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	110.00–120.00	115.92
4	—	370	120.00–130.00	125.27
5	—	314	130.00–136.00	132.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	134.00–140.00	137.70
5	—	406	130.00–136.00	132.36
7	—	276	144.00–150.00	146.98
7	—	321	140.00–148.00	143.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	615	130.00–135.00	132.30
8	—	663	120.00–130.00	124.73
3	—	582	135.00–140.00	138.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	136.00–144.00	138.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	717	125.00–130.00	128.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	53.00	53.00
2	—	1,543	61.00–65.00	63.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	955	40.00–46.00	44.09

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	—	900	875.00	875.00

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)	3	—	887	81.00–86.00	83.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,048	74.00–77.00	75.45

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)	1	—	865	63.00	63.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	59.00	59.00

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.