Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-03-15

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Mar 15
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 162▲ 248 vs year ago 81 · +306.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 16▲ 24 vs year ago 14 · +171.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 10▲ 16 vs year ago 7 · +228.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves steady, Bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.58/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$132.58
100 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.87
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1374141.8353126
Medium and Large 2413131.4354240
Medium and Large 3410126.8752034
One grade step is worth $14.96/cwt here — about $11 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 sale100 hd
132.58
—
GA average15 barns · 1,838 hd
122.71
+9.87
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—Average1,46582.001,2011thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24958.2072714
CowsLean 85-90%Low99749.7149510

Every lot

31 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 · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2309136.97/cwt134.00–140.004238
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318133.34/cwt130.00–138.004246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323144.98/cwt140.00–150.004688
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369134.04/cwt130.00–138.0049510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370143.90/cwt140.00–148.005328
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371132.71/cwt130.00–135.004928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415133.00/cwt130.00–136.005528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419137.65/cwt132.00–142.0057710
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423124.98/cwt120.00–130.0052912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470127.42/cwt124.00–130.005996
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480123.92/cwt120.00–128.005954
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518114.10/cwt110.00–118.005914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526124.06/cwt120.00–128.006538
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3379154.40/cwt150.00–158.005858
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405153.95/cwt150.00–158.006234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473141.96/cwt140.00–146.006716
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473133.11/cwt130.00–136.006304
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520134.12/cwt130.00–138.006974
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525122.30/cwt120.00–125.006426
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558122.99/cwt120.00–126.006864
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578113.09/cwt110.00–116.006544
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617123.99/cwt122.00–126.007656
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,46582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92344.68/cwt42.00–47.004125
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07063.13/cwt60.00–65.006755
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07054.73/cwt50.00–59.005865
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34855.46/cwt50.00–58.007489
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-274086.00/cwt86.00–86.006361
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-278582.00/cwt82.00–82.006441
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,13561.00/cwt61.00–61.006921
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6071,042.69/cwt1,000.00–1,175.0016,75612

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.