Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-08-31

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 31

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Aug 24Aug 31Sep 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

301 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 329▲ 301 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 27▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

34 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 10▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows 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 $127.16/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$127.16

81 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$16.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.40

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	454	137.91	627	29
Medium and Large 3	497	121.16	602	52

One grade step is worth $16.75/cwt here — about $25 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 sale81 hd

127.16

—

GA average17 barns · 1,404 hd

124.76

+2.40

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	1,549	81.90	1,268	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	61.87	718	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	740	46.00	340	1thin

Every lot

28 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	388	122.98/cwt	120.00–126.00	477	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	417	121.40/cwt	116.00–126.00	506	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	128.36/cwt	125.00–133.00	544	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	471	111.71/cwt	108.00–117.00	526	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	121.45/cwt	120.00–130.00	585	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	113.57/cwt	113.00–118.00	661	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	585	106.58/cwt	102.00–108.00	623	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	105.51/cwt	100.00–108.00	663	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	371	143.12/cwt	140.00–146.00	531	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	415	132.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	551	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	421	142.99/cwt	140.00–148.00	602	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	460	124.54/cwt	120.00–130.00	573	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	472	134.68/cwt	130.00–138.00	636	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	127.90/cwt	125.00–132.00	669	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	529	115.67/cwt	110.00–118.00	612	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	566	110.02/cwt	108.00–112.00	623	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	615	105.12/cwt	102.00–110.00	646	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,518	79.35/cwt	76.00–82.00	1,205	2
Bulls	—	—	1,610	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,401	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	740	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	340	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	63.85/cwt	61.00–66.00	718	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	57.90/cwt	57.00–59.00	712	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	578	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,088	73.08/cwt	70.00–75.00	795	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,240	60.04/cwt	59.00–61.00	744	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,290	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	787	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,038	902.85/cwt	825.00–950.00	9,372	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,230	715.24/cwt	675.00–750.00	8,797	4

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 31, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 301Last week 329Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 27Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	130.00–138.00	134.68
7	—	523	125.00–132.00	127.90
17	—	421	140.00–148.00	142.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	130.00–136.00	132.89
5	—	615	102.00–110.00	105.12
7	—	460	120.00–130.00	124.54
7	—	566	108.00–112.00	110.02
9	—	371	140.00–146.00	143.12
20	—	529	110.00–118.00	115.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	471	108.00–117.00	111.71
4	—	388	120.00–126.00	122.98
4	—	585	102.00–108.00	106.58
7	—	417	116.00–126.00	121.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	125.00–133.00	128.36
9	—	582	113.00–118.00	113.57
11	—	628	100.00–108.00	105.51
14	—	482	120.00–130.00	121.45

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)	2	—	750	77.00	77.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,088	70.00–75.00	73.08

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)	4	—	1,240	59.00–61.00	60.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,290	61.00	61.00

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	6	—	1,038	825.00–950.00	902.85

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	4	—	1,230	675.00–750.00	715.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,125	61.00–66.00	63.85
2	—	1,230	57.00–59.00	57.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	87.00	87.00
2	—	1,518	76.00–82.00	79.35

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.