Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-08-17

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 17

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Aug 10Aug 17Aug 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

211 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 187▲ 211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 18▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 10▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves and heifer calves unevenly steady, Bull calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Replacement cows lightly tested.

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 $116.27/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$116.27

34 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$42

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$25.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.97

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	135.99	684	4thin
Medium and Large 3	571	115.46	659	18thin
Medium and Large 2	654	110.91	726	12thin

One grade step is worth $25.08/cwt here — about −$42 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 sale34 hd

116.27

—

GA average17 barns · 1,301 hd

121.23

−4.97

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	—	Low	1,755	82.06	1,440	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	52.39	644	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	45.00	441	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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	433	137.45/cwt	130.00–139.00	595	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	132.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	558	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	122.93/cwt	120.00–126.00	565	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	519	111.59/cwt	108.00–118.00	579	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	113.01/cwt	110.00–116.00	631	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	126.87/cwt	124.00–130.00	596	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	503	135.99/cwt	134.00–138.00	684	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	505	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	619	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	578	114.12/cwt	110.00–118.00	660	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	619	113.79/cwt	110.00–116.00	704	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	678	104.03/cwt	100.00–108.00	705	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	725	105.14/cwt	100.00–110.00	762	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,755	82.06/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,440	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	441	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	52.39/cwt	50.00–56.00	644	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	995	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,270	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	826	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 Aug 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 187Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	503	134.00–138.00	135.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	100.00–110.00	105.14
8	—	619	110.00–116.00	113.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	124.00–130.00	126.87
4	—	505	120.00–125.00	122.52
4	—	578	110.00–118.00	114.12
6	—	678	100.00–108.00	104.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	110.00–116.00	113.01
4	—	460	120.00–126.00	122.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	108.00–118.00	111.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	130.00–136.00	132.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	433	130.00–139.00	137.45

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	—	1,260	79.00	79.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	65.00	65.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,755	78.00–85.00	82.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,230	50.00–56.00	52.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	45.00	45.00

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.