Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-08-10

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 153▲ 77 vs year ago 110 · +70.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 7▼ 5 vs year ago 23 · −21.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 9▲ 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.23/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$120.23
56 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.26
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1438133.025834thin
Medium and Large 2450126.5757014thin
Medium and Large 3468116.5554638
One grade step is worth $16.47/cwt here — about $37 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 sale56 hd
120.23
—
GA average17 barns · 1,561 hd
119.97
+0.26
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26360.177607thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97151.114966thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3323154.03/cwt150.00–158.004984
Steers—Medium and Large 3484137.29/cwt134.00–139.006649
Steers—Medium and Large 3560126.54/cwt124.00–129.007094
Steers—Medium and Large 2661118.53/cwt117.00–124.007839
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3343124.03/cwt120.00–128.004254
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368121.17/cwt116.00–126.004464
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425117.59/cwt115.00–120.005006
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430128.64/cwt124.00–134.005536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438133.02/cwt130.00–136.005834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465125.02/cwt122.00–128.005818
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477115.57/cwt110.00–120.0055110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3524114.10/cwt108.00–118.005988
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573112.36/cwt109.00–116.006446
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3281165.64/cwt160.00–168.004657
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328155.91/cwt152.00–162.005116
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370151.95/cwt146.00–156.005626
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388163.92/cwt160.00–168.006364
Bulls—Medium and Large 3411143.23/cwt140.00–147.005898
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478132.96/cwt130.00–135.006366
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525122.97/cwt120.00–126.006468
Bulls—Medium and Large 3610104.07/cwt100.00–108.006354
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96354.42/cwt50.00–58.005244
Cows—Lean 85-90%98844.50/cwt43.00–46.004402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22755.18/cwt50.00–59.006773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29063.91/cwt60.00–68.008244
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,175700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,2252

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.