Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-09-21

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 155▼ 46 vs year ago 225 · −20.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 18▲ 3 vs year ago 18 · +16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 7▲ 37 vs year ago 21 · +176.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, Bull calves 5.00 lower, 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 $111.47/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$111.47
64 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.16
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2493115.2856814thin
Medium and Large 3490110.4154150
One grade step is worth $4.87/cwt here — about $27 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 sale64 hd
111.47
—
GA average16 barns · 1,396 hd
113.64
−2.16
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
Bulls—Low1,39079.451,1044thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08957.726287thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98543.004241thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3482124.86/cwt120.00–130.006024
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429123.28/cwt120.00–126.005298
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437117.11/cwt110.00–120.0051220
Heifers—Medium and Large 3489112.00/cwt109.00–113.0054812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533105.01/cwt100.00–108.0056012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560105.93/cwt102.00–110.005934
Heifers—Medium and Large 358295.66/cwt90.00–100.005576
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613101.98/cwt100.00–104.006252
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1283162.87/cwt160.00–166.004612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2293157.52/cwt155.00–160.004622
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370124.64/cwt120.00–130.004617
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410123.75/cwt120.00–126.005077
Bulls—Medium and Large 3469114.52/cwt110.00–120.005377
Bulls—Medium and Large 3508104.96/cwt102.00–108.005334
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,39079.45/cwt78.00–81.001,1044
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98543.00/cwt43.00–43.004241
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05262.41/cwt60.00–67.006573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11654.21/cwt51.00–59.006054
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3986750.53/cwt700.00–825.007,40020
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-363059.00/cwt59.00–59.003722
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-285472.21/cwt66.00–77.006179
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299368.73/cwt64.00–74.006823
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,08561.00/cwt61.00–61.006622

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.