Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-10-05

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 5

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Sep 28Oct 5Oct 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

80 head

▼ 64 vs last sale 144▼ 121 vs year ago 201 · −60.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 25▲ 15 vs year ago 12 · +125.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $120.52/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$120.52

21 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$7.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.86

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	493	124.30	613	11thin
Medium and Large 3	489	116.36	569	10thin

One grade step is worth $7.95/cwt here — about $45 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 sale21 hd

120.52

—

GA average17 barns · 1,329 hd

115.66

+4.86

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	1,479	71.84	1,063	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,175	47.74	561	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,025	45.00	461	2thin

Every lot

18 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	367	122.58/cwt	120.00–124.00	450	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	112.02/cwt	110.00–114.00	538	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	118.60/cwt	112.00–122.00	575	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	102.68/cwt	100.00–104.00	680	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	125.64/cwt	120.00–128.00	538	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	131.07/cwt	126.00–136.00	565	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	122.94/cwt	120.00–126.00	572	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	532	109.78/cwt	105.00–112.00	584	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	575	103.01/cwt	102.00–104.00	592	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	740	101.99/cwt	100.00–104.00	755	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,479	71.84/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,063	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	374	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	47.74/cwt	44.00–51.00	561	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,180	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	555	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	666	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,240	44.11/cwt	43.00–45.00	547	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,505	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	737	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,385	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	11,426	2

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 Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 144Year ago 201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 25Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 13Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,175	44.00–51.00	47.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	43.00	43.00
1	—	1,180	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,479	70.00–74.00	71.84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	100.00–104.00	101.99
2	—	465	120.00–126.00	122.94
7	—	431	126.00–136.00	131.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	120.00–128.00	125.64
3	—	532	105.00–112.00	109.78
2	—	575	102.00–104.00	103.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	120.00–124.00	122.58
4	—	480	110.00–114.00	112.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	100.00–104.00	102.68
3	—	485	112.00–122.00	118.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,240	43.00–45.00	44.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,505	49.00	49.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	68.00	68.00

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	2	—	1,385	825.00	825.00

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.