Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-07-20

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 20

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

137 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 123▲ 15 vs year ago 122 · +12.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 11 · +27.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 4▼ 27 vs year ago 48 · −56.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows mostly 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 $133.48/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$133.48

54 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$33.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.75

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	373	155.52	580	14thin
Medium and Large 2	493	132.24	652	14thin
Medium and Large 3	481	122.28	588	26

One grade step is worth $33.24/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 sale54 hd

133.48

—

GA average17 barns · 1,400 hd

118.73

+14.75

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	1,374	82.96	1,140	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	55.89	685	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	46.50	491	2thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	506	124.99/cwt	120.00–127.00	632	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	578	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	650	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	114.53/cwt	110.00–118.00	759	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	126.56/cwt	122.00–130.00	542	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	123.13/cwt	120.00–126.00	579	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	124.95/cwt	120.00–130.00	591	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	104.11/cwt	100.00–108.00	588	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	328	153.79/cwt	150.00–158.00	504	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	373	155.52/cwt	150.00–160.00	580	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	378	136.94/cwt	134.00–140.00	518	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	383	143.92/cwt	140.00–148.00	551	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	413	131.23/cwt	124.00–136.00	542	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	453	124.68/cwt	120.00–128.00	565	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	513	121.01/cwt	118.00–124.00	621	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	623	101.99/cwt	100.00–104.00	635	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	677	110.08/cwt	106.00–114.00	745	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,170	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	913	2
Bulls	—	—	1,476	85.44/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,261	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	406	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	582	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	754	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	53.11/cwt	50.00–58.00	664	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,151	786.32/cwt	725.00–850.00	9,051	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,185	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,961	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,400	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	812	2

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 Jul 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 123Year ago 122

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 4Year ago 48

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	120.00–126.00	123.13
8	—	428	122.00–130.00	126.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	120.00–130.00	124.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	100.00–108.00	104.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	373	150.00–160.00	155.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	100.00–104.00	101.99
6	—	453	120.00–128.00	124.68
6	—	413	124.00–136.00	131.23
4	—	513	118.00–124.00	121.01
4	—	378	134.00–140.00	136.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	677	106.00–114.00	110.08
4	—	383	140.00–148.00	143.92
4	—	328	150.00–158.00	153.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	506	120.00–127.00	124.99
4	—	578	110.00–115.00	112.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	663	110.00–118.00	114.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	52.00	52.00
1	—	990	41.00	41.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	50.00–58.00	53.11
1	—	1,125	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,476	84.00–88.00	85.44
2	—	1,170	78.00	78.00

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	8	—	1,151	725.00–850.00	786.32

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	2	—	1,185	925.00	925.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,400	58.00	58.00

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.