Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-02-08

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 8

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Feb 1Feb 8Mar 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

93 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 133▼ 40 vs year ago 133 · −30.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 4▼ 4 vs year ago 11 · −36.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 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 $134.61/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$134.61

13 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$202

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$56.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.42

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	356	150.18	535	5thin
Medium and Large 2	475	135.34	642	6thin
Medium and Large 1	788	93.50	737	2thin

One grade step is worth $56.68/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale13 hd

134.61

—

GA average16 barns · 971 hd

131.19

+3.42

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	1,445	67.00	968	2thin

Every lot

10 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	313	136.70/cwt	130.00–140.00	428	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	124.12/cwt	120.00–128.00	475	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	413	129.35/cwt	124.00–132.00	534	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	122.93/cwt	120.00–126.00	529	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	272	168.29/cwt	160.00–173.00	458	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	280	161.55/cwt	160.00–165.00	452	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	133.13/cwt	130.00–136.00	626	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	677	102.38/cwt	100.00–107.00	693	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	788	93.50/cwt	92.00–95.00	737	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,445	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	968	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 Feb 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 133Year ago 133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 4Year ago 11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	67.00	67.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	120.00–128.00	124.12
2	—	430	120.00–126.00	122.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	124.00–132.00	129.35
3	—	313	130.00–140.00	136.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	160.00–165.00	161.55
2	—	470	130.00–136.00	133.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	100.00–107.00	102.38
3	—	272	160.00–173.00	168.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	92.00–95.00	93.50

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.