Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-03-08

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Mar 8
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
162 head
▼ 118 vs last sale 280▼ 109 vs year ago 271 · −40.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 57▼ 17 vs year ago 33 · −51.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 55▼ 20 vs year ago 30 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 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 $127.07/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$127.07
58 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$571
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.83
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1338146.674966thin
Medium and Large 2455129.2958828
Medium and Large 3471119.5756324
One grade step is worth $27.10/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale58 hd
127.07
—
GA average16 barns · 2,371 hd
123.23
+3.83
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—Average1,51382.461,2486thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34862.008352thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average79353.034212thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1609131.98/cwt130.00–136.008046
Steers—Medium and Large 1668126.22/cwt125.00–130.008438
Steers—Medium and Large 1731121.60/cwt120.00–125.008896
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323136.04/cwt132.00–140.004396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338146.67/cwt142.00–152.004966
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383133.90/cwt130.00–138.005136
Heifers—Medium and Large 3414125.68/cwt120.00–130.0052010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428133.05/cwt130.00–135.005696
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475129.56/cwt128.00–131.006154
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476123.15/cwt120.00–128.005868
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560104.63/cwt100.00–110.005866
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673113.98/cwt110.00–116.007676
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330163.43/cwt160.00–166.005396
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475143.13/cwt140.00–146.006804
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478128.94/cwt125.00–132.006166
Bulls—Medium and Large 3527123.92/cwt120.00–130.006538
Bulls—Medium and Large 3563125.07/cwt122.00–128.007044
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23578.00/cwt78.00–78.009631
Bulls——1,56983.35/cwt80.00–86.001,3085
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79353.03/cwt50.00–56.004212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06558.00/cwt58.00–58.006181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,63066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0761
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3925800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,4002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,19066.00/cwt66.00–66.007851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24066.00/cwt66.00–66.008181

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.