Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-12-14

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Dec 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
247 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 217▲ 8 vs year ago 239 · +3.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 19▲ 11 vs year ago 19 · +57.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 14▼ 43 vs year ago 50 · −86.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady, Bulls and bull calves mostly steady, 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 $127.56/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$127.56
64 head · 396 lb average
Value per head Derived
$505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.37
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386140.515426thin
Medium and Large 2364132.9148426
Medium and Large 3424120.7851232
One grade step is worth $19.72/cwt here — about $30 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
127.56
—
GA average18 barns · 3,038 hd
118.19
+9.37
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—Low1,80477.541,3993thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00843.054349thin

Every lot

29 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 · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2237148.76/cwt142.00–152.003533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2274142.50/cwt137.00–147.003904
Heifers—Medium and Large 3281134.49/cwt130.00–140.003786
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313133.62/cwt130.00–140.004183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315148.35/cwt142.00–152.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363123.97/cwt120.00–128.004508
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370133.47/cwt130.00–137.004945
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405125.95/cwt122.00–130.005104
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423123.54/cwt122.00–126.005234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457132.66/cwt130.00–134.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464123.92/cwt120.00–128.005757
Heifers—Medium and Large 3484116.71/cwt110.00–120.005656
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523111.53/cwt110.00–114.005834
Heifers—Medium and Large 3571106.45/cwt100.00–110.006084
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363162.59/cwt160.00–165.005904
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363153.10/cwt150.00–158.005566
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410154.31/cwt152.00–157.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418144.67/cwt140.00–148.006055
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463132.47/cwt130.00–137.006133
Bulls—Medium and Large 3519123.00/cwt120.00–126.006386
Bulls—Medium and Large 3567112.46/cwt110.00–115.006385
Bulls—Medium and Large 3616100.70/cwt98.00–108.006206
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665102.03/cwt100.00–106.006783
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,3321
Bulls——1,88375.81/cwt73.00–78.001,4282
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98550.00/cwt50.00–50.004931
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01142.18/cwt39.00–46.004268
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-289875.61/cwt71.00–80.006793
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291576.00/cwt76.00–76.006951

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.