Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-01-18

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 18
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 153▼ 15 vs year ago 139 · −10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 3▼ 8 vs year ago 23 · −34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 3▼ 5 vs year ago 14 · −35.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly 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 $126.38/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$126.38
44 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.45
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402138.265569thin
Medium and Large 2430126.0854221
Medium and Large 3376119.1844814thin
One grade step is worth $19.08/cwt here — about $108 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 sale44 hd
126.38
—
GA average18 barns · 2,575 hd
116.93
+9.45
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—Low1,66069.001,1451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24352.026474thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99542.004183thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2663118.23/cwt110.00–119.0078412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316133.29/cwt130.00–138.004215
Heifers—Medium and Large 3338121.76/cwt120.00–125.004125
Heifers—Medium and Large 3353122.01/cwt120.00–124.004314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384133.16/cwt132.00–134.005117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386142.82/cwt140.00–146.005515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423132.57/cwt130.00–135.005614
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433114.34/cwt110.00–118.004955
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470124.04/cwt120.00–128.005834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575110.61/cwt109.00–112.006365
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320149.34/cwt146.00–154.004787
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365156.76/cwt152.00–160.005725
Bulls—Medium and Large 3392142.39/cwt140.00–144.005585
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405152.96/cwt150.00–156.006194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,66069.00/cwt69.00–69.001,1451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99542.00/cwt41.00–45.004183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24352.02/cwt51.00–53.006474
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,290635.00/cwt635.00–635.008,1922
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-279597.00/cwt97.00–97.007711

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.