Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-02-24

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 24

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Feb 17Feb 24Mar 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

87 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 108▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 15▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 14▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, steer calves lightly steady, heifer calves and bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $156.69/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$156.69

27 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

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

$52.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.15

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	368	187.71	691	5thin
Medium and Large 2	447	163.69	731	11thin
Medium and Large 3	545	135.59	738	11thin

One grade step is worth $52.12/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale27 hd

156.69

—

GA average14 barns · 1,037 hd

146.54

+10.15

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	1,775	81.00	1,438	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	984	54.55	537	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	48.00	485	3thin

Every lot

17 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	686	122.20/cwt	120.00–125.00	838	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	142.80/cwt	140.00–145.00	585	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	487	113.36/cwt	110.00–120.00	552	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	124.66/cwt	120.00–128.00	711	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	111.17/cwt	109.00–118.00	693	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	368	187.71/cwt	182.00–192.00	691	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	180.05/cwt	177.00–183.00	684	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	162.71/cwt	160.00–164.00	688	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	135.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	760	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	568	129.11/cwt	122.00–132.00	733	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	627	119.28/cwt	118.00–122.00	748	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,775	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,438	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	50.00/cwt	49.00–51.00	477	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	984	54.55/cwt	53.00–55.00	537	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	495	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	935.45/cwt	875.00–1,000.00	9,963	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,113	724.04/cwt	700.00–750.00	8,059	4

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 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 108Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 15Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 14Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	368	182.00–192.00	187.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	130.00–140.00	135.07
7	—	380	177.00–183.00	180.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	160.00–164.00	162.71
3	—	627	118.00–122.00	119.28
5	—	568	122.00–132.00	129.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	120.00–128.00	124.66
5	—	410	140.00–145.00	142.80
5	—	623	109.00–118.00	111.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	110.00–120.00	113.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	686	120.00–125.00	122.20

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	4	—	1,065	875.00–1,000.00	935.45

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	4	—	1,113	700.00–750.00	724.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	984	53.00–55.00	54.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	44.00	44.00
2	—	953	49.00–51.00	50.00

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.