Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-06-01

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 1

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 25Jun 1Jun 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

138 head

▲ 60 vs last sale 78▲ 21 vs year ago 117 · +17.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 9▼ 20 vs year ago 26 · −76.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 14▼ 4 vs year ago 15 · −26.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves 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 $122.73/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$122.73

42 head · 411 lb average

Value per head Derived

$504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$5.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.96

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	440	125.64	553	20
Medium and Large 3	384	120.08	461	22

One grade step is worth $5.56/cwt here — about $93 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 sale42 hd

122.73

—

GA average15 barns · 1,475 hd

118.77

+3.96

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	1,270	62.00	787	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	825	41.00	338	1thin

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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	333	126.53/cwt	124.00–128.00	421	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	131.10/cwt	128.00–134.00	476	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	120.79/cwt	116.00–126.00	465	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	414	125.74/cwt	122.00–130.00	521	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	113.09/cwt	110.00–118.00	475	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	125.28/cwt	120.00–128.00	608	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	121.34/cwt	117.00–125.00	629	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	358	143.65/cwt	140.00–146.00	514	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	373	133.20/cwt	130.00–137.00	497	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	580	109.28/cwt	106.00–116.00	634	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	780	97.08/cwt	91.00–100.00	757	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	825	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	338	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	719	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	858	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,040	57.93/cwt	52.00–62.00	602	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	67.46/cwt	63.00–72.00	762	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,335	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	975	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 Jun 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 138Last week 78Year ago 117

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 9Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 14Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	780	91.00–100.00	97.08
5	—	358	140.00–146.00	143.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	106.00–116.00	109.28
9	—	373	130.00–137.00	133.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	420	110.00–118.00	113.09
13	—	385	116.00–126.00	120.79
4	—	333	124.00–128.00	126.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	120.00–128.00	125.28
4	—	363	128.00–134.00	131.10
5	—	518	117.00–125.00	121.34
8	—	414	122.00–130.00	125.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	58.00	58.00
1	—	1,300	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	41.00	41.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,335	73.00	73.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,130	63.00–72.00	67.46

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)	3	—	1,040	52.00–62.00	57.93

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.