Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-06-15

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 15

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

127 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 61▲ 47 vs year ago 80 · +58.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 9▲ 7 vs year ago 13 · +53.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 50▲ 0 vs year ago 15 · +0.0%

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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 and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly 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 $125.44/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$125.44

46 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$54

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

$25.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.54

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	369	139.58	515	7thin
Medium and Large 2	395	130.52	516	21
Medium and Large 3	499	114.01	568	18thin

One grade step is worth $25.57/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale46 hd

125.44

—

GA average17 barns · 1,915 hd

121.90

+3.54

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	—	Average	1,235	78.01	964	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,260	60.76	765	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	976	49.60	484	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 · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	283	144.92/cwt	142.00–148.00	410	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	135.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	439	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	142.76/cwt	140.00–145.00	468	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	358	133.52/cwt	130.00–136.00	478	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	129.45/cwt	124.00–134.00	496	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	405	123.37/cwt	120.00–128.00	500	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	135.34/cwt	134.00–136.00	572	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	118.70/cwt	116.00–120.00	552	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	124.76/cwt	120.00–128.00	590	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	107.66/cwt	102.00–110.00	608	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	102.52/cwt	101.00–104.00	634	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	630	91.97/cwt	90.00–94.00	579	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	467	125.89/cwt	122.00–130.00	588	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	527	124.31/cwt	120.00–128.00	655	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,028	73.01/cwt	72.00–74.00	751	2
Bulls	—	—	1,650	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,452	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	933	46.22/cwt	42.00–49.00	431	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	52.98/cwt	52.00–54.00	539	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,172	64.69/cwt	62.00–68.00	758	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,347	56.83/cwt	56.00–59.00	766	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	900	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,850	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	938	789.27/cwt	775.00–800.00	7,403	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	978.66/cwt	850.00–1,200.00	9,689	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 Jun 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 61Year ago 80

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 9Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 50Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	122.00–130.00	125.89
5	—	527	120.00–128.00	124.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	124.00–134.00	129.45
3	—	405	120.00–128.00	123.37
3	—	465	116.00–120.00	118.70
7	—	565	102.00–110.00	107.66
2	—	630	90.00–94.00	91.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	130.00–140.00	135.02
5	—	358	130.00–136.00	133.52
6	—	473	120.00–128.00	124.76
2	—	618	101.00–104.00	102.52
4	—	283	142.00–148.00	144.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	134.00–136.00	135.34
4	—	328	140.00–145.00	142.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,028	72.00–74.00	73.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,347	56.00–59.00	56.83
3	—	1,172	62.00–68.00	64.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	933	42.00–49.00	46.22
3	—	1,018	52.00–54.00	52.98

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	650.00	650.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	990	850.00–1,200.00	978.66

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)	2	—	938	775.00–800.00	789.27

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.