Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-09-28

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 28

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

144 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 179▼ 62 vs year ago 206 · −30.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 21▼ 4 vs year ago 29 · −13.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 58▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, Bull calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, 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 $116.20/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$116.20

27 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$9.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.58

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	123.31	592	6thin
Medium and Large 3	475	114.17	542	21

One grade step is worth $9.14/cwt here — about $50 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 sale27 hd

116.20

—

GA average17 barns · 1,679 hd

115.62

+0.58

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	1,490	79.00	1,177	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,163	52.90	615	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,076	43.28	466	4thin

Every lot

19 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	110.74/cwt	108.00–116.00	410	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	411	106.94/cwt	102.00–110.00	440	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	124.77/cwt	120.00–128.00	517	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	112.77/cwt	110.00–116.00	489	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	104.06/cwt	100.00–106.00	497	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	569	101.22/cwt	97.00–104.00	576	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	333	132.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	443	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	370	124.05/cwt	120.00–128.00	459	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	475	112.24/cwt	110.00–117.00	533	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	123.31/cwt	120.00–126.00	592	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	522	107.21/cwt	104.00–110.00	560	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	570	102.96/cwt	102.00–104.00	587	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	662	97.04/cwt	94.00–100.00	642	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,490	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,177	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,076	43.28/cwt	40.00–48.00	466	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,163	52.90/cwt	50.00–56.00	615	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	65.98/cwt	63.00–69.00	640	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,125	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	608	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	702	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 Sep 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 144Last week 179Year ago 206

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 21Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 58Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,076	40.00–48.00	43.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,163	50.00–56.00	52.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	79.00	79.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	414	120.00–128.00	124.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	110.00–116.00	112.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	100.00–106.00	104.06
4	—	569	97.00–104.00	101.22
4	—	411	102.00–110.00	106.94
3	—	370	108.00–116.00	110.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	480	120.00–126.00	123.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	110.00–117.00	112.24
4	—	333	130.00–136.00	132.89
5	—	522	104.00–110.00	107.21
3	—	662	94.00–100.00	97.04
4	—	370	120.00–128.00	124.05
2	—	570	102.00–104.00	102.96

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	—	1,150	61.00	61.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	970	63.00–69.00	65.98

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	54.00	54.00

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.