Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-03-16

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Mar 16

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Mar 9Mar 16Apr 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

81 head

▼ 190 vs last sale 271▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 33▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 30▲ 7 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 lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves sharply, 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 $101.21/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$101.21

20 head · 419 lb average

Value per head Derived

$424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.41

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	419	101.21	424	20

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale20 hd

101.21

—

GA average17 barns · 1,578 hd

115.63

−14.41

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	1,462	80.45	1,176	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,011	55.20	558	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	882	48.33	426	3thin

Every lot

16 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	513	112.93/cwt	108.00–118.00	579	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	312	103.76/cwt	100.00–110.00	324	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	416	102.97/cwt	98.00–105.00	428	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	473	100.82/cwt	98.00–102.00	477	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	508	94.70/cwt	92.00–100.00	481	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	370	130.11/cwt	128.00–132.00	481	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	528	105.02/cwt	100.00–110.00	555	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	605	99.47/cwt	96.00–103.00	602	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,190	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	833	1
Bulls	—	—	1,598	85.68/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,369	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	850	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	434	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	406	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,011	55.20/cwt	50.00–58.00	558	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	895	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	635	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,005	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	683	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,410	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,269	1

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 Mar 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 271Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 30Year ago 0

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves sharply, replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	128.00–132.00	130.11
2	—	605	96.00–103.00	99.47
4	—	528	100.00–110.00	105.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	108.00–118.00	112.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	92.00–100.00	94.70
4	—	416	98.00–105.00	102.97
6	—	312	100.00–110.00	103.76
7	—	473	98.00–102.00	100.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,598	83.00–88.00	85.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,011	50.00–58.00	55.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	43.00	43.00
2	—	850	51.00	51.00

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	—	1,410	90.00	90.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	68.00	68.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	895	71.00	71.00

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.