Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-07-06

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 6
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 111▼ 107 vs year ago 242 · −44.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 4▼ 3 vs year ago 18 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 6 vs year ago 3 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.10/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$124.10
43 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.06
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1407133.765448thin
Medium and Large 2457125.745759thin
Medium and Large 3445120.5653726
One grade step is worth $13.20/cwt here — about $8 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 sale43 hd
124.10
—
GA average3 barns · 212 hd
119.04
+5.06
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,48887.031,2953thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20465.537895thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08751.895644thin

Every lot

26 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3368144.19/cwt140.00–148.005317
Steers—Medium and Large 2411138.25/cwt135.00–140.005688
Steers—Medium and Large 3411134.32/cwt130.00–138.005526
Steers—Medium and Large 2467134.65/cwt130.00–137.006296
Steers—Medium and Large 3474124.68/cwt120.00–127.005916
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379126.51/cwt124.00–130.0047910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407133.76/cwt130.00–135.005448
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432127.62/cwt125.00–130.005516
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435124.24/cwt118.00–127.005409
Heifers—Medium and Large 2507121.97/cwt120.00–126.006183
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518110.96/cwt105.00–114.005753
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580104.58/cwt100.00–108.006074
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435133.65/cwt130.00–136.005816
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470129.57/cwt128.00–132.006094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518127.03/cwt120.00–130.006584
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525123.06/cwt120.00–125.006463
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563122.93/cwt120.00–126.006924
Bulls—Medium and Large 3618107.00/cwt100.00–110.006614
Bulls—Medium and Large 3663103.53/cwt102.00–105.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2683106.42/cwt102.00–111.007272
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08576.00/cwt76.00–76.008251
Bulls——1,69092.55/cwt89.00–96.001,5642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00047.10/cwt45.00–49.004712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17356.69/cwt54.00–59.006652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20465.53/cwt61.00–69.007895
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5901,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0018,6832

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.