Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-08-24

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 24
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
▲ 118 vs last sale 211▲ 216 vs year ago 113 · +191.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 13▲ 7 vs year ago 20 · +35.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 4▼ 6 vs year ago 16 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves mostly steady, 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 $122.62/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$122.62
74 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.15
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425133.915694thin
Medium and Large 2447126.2556432
Medium and Large 3474118.3856138
One grade step is worth $15.53/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 sale74 hd
122.62
—
GA average17 barns · 1,626 hd
118.47
+4.15
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%Low1,25958.3173415
CowsLean 85-90%Low87149.454318thin

Every lot

29 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 1474147.26/cwt145.00–150.006988
Steers—Medium and Large 3513125.07/cwt120.00–130.006424
Steers—Medium and Large 3563112.93/cwt110.00–116.006364
Steers—Medium and Large 2655114.03/cwt110.00–118.007474
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325137.09/cwt134.00–140.004464
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365125.51/cwt120.00–130.004586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370133.43/cwt130.00–138.004948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425133.91/cwt130.00–138.005694
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428123.43/cwt120.00–128.005286
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429128.02/cwt122.00–132.005498
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475119.06/cwt116.00–122.0056612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488123.94/cwt120.00–128.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530113.99/cwt110.00–118.0060410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565109.05/cwt106.00–112.006164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583113.02/cwt110.00–116.006598
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315153.05/cwt150.00–156.004824
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365153.04/cwt150.00–156.005594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369161.08/cwt158.00–164.005948
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426133.27/cwt130.00–137.005688
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433139.05/cwt135.00–144.006026
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483124.85/cwt120.00–130.0060312
Bulls—Medium and Large 3563115.03/cwt112.00–119.006486
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82146.71/cwt43.00–49.003834
Cows—Lean 85-90%92152.18/cwt50.00–55.004814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19354.90/cwt50.00–58.006557
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31661.29/cwt60.00–65.008078
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,190800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,5202
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-287577.00/cwt77.00–77.006741
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,11059.59/cwt54.00–64.006612

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.