Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-11-30

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 30

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Nov 16Nov 30Dec 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

157 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 153▼ 8 vs year ago 165 · −4.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 17▲ 21 vs year ago 10 · +210.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.06/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$122.06

32 head · 405 lb average

Value per head Derived

$494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

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

$20.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.60

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	354	131.12	464	18thin
Medium and Large 3	470	110.42	519	14thin

One grade step is worth $20.70/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale32 hd

122.06

—

GA average4 barns · 313 hd

116.46

+5.60

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	1,313	83.96	1,102	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,213	52.11	632	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	46.17	480	5thin

Every lot

16 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 2	288	138.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	398	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	304	134.13/cwt	130.00–138.00	408	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	318	122.60/cwt	120.00–126.00	390	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	129.59/cwt	124.00–134.00	473	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	123.08/cwt	120.00–126.00	570	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	485	111.70/cwt	110.00–115.00	542	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	572	102.59/cwt	100.00–108.00	587	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	607	96.65/cwt	90.00–100.00	587	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	373	154.19/cwt	150.00–158.00	575	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	419	134.64/cwt	130.00–138.00	564	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	567	116.53/cwt	110.00–120.00	661	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	567	106.41/cwt	100.00–108.00	603	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,313	83.96/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,102	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	45.21/cwt	40.00–48.00	468	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	530	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	52.11/cwt	50.00–55.00	632	8

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 Nov 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 157Last week 153Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 17Year ago 10

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	100.00–108.00	102.59
3	—	607	90.00–100.00	96.65
5	—	318	120.00–126.00	122.60
3	—	485	110.00–115.00	111.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	288	135.00–140.00	138.35
4	—	463	120.00–126.00	123.08
5	—	365	124.00–134.00	129.59
6	—	304	130.00–138.00	134.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	130.00–138.00	134.64
5	—	567	100.00–108.00	106.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	110.00–120.00	116.53
4	—	373	150.00–158.00	154.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	83.00–85.00	83.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	50.00	50.00
4	—	1,035	40.00–48.00	45.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,213	50.00–55.00	52.11

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.