Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-04-05

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Apr 5

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Mar 29Apr 5Apr 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

182 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 160▲ 182 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 11▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 14▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows lightly tested, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Heifer calves and Bull calves mostly 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 $150.82/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$150.82

62 head · 361 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$21.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.14

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	370	165.86	614	8thin
Medium and Large 2	357	152.97	545	28
Medium and Large 3	363	143.87	522	26

One grade step is worth $21.99/cwt here — about $91 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 sale62 hd

150.82

—

GA average12 barns · 1,067 hd

138.68

+12.14

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	—	Average	1,441	84.46	1,217	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	965	68.00	656	1thin

Every lot

23 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	137.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	508	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	388	131.99/cwt	130.00–134.00	512	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	412	124.46/cwt	120.00–130.00	513	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	134.51/cwt	130.00–138.00	562	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	133.98/cwt	130.00–138.00	654	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	503	113.01/cwt	110.00–116.00	568	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	113.92/cwt	110.00–118.00	704	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	112.96/cwt	110.00–116.00	768	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	203	177.01/cwt	176.00–178.00	359	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	277	155.73/cwt	150.00–160.00	431	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	280	162.41/cwt	160.00–165.00	455	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	313	162.30/cwt	160.00–165.00	508	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	317	151.38/cwt	147.00–157.00	480	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	165.86/cwt	160.00–170.00	614	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	383	153.87/cwt	150.00–158.00	589	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	383	144.34/cwt	142.00–147.00	553	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	133.95/cwt	130.00–138.00	563	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	464	133.63/cwt	130.00–138.00	620	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	475	124.04/cwt	120.00–128.00	589	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,441	84.46/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,217	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	965	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	656	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,205	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	603	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,085	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,595	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 Apr 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 182Last week 160Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 11Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 14Year ago 0

Slaughter cows lightly tested, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Heifer calves and Bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	83.00–87.00	84.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	68.00	68.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	370	160.00–170.00	165.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	203	176.00–178.00	177.01
4	—	383	150.00–158.00	153.87
10	—	464	130.00–138.00	133.63
4	—	280	160.00–165.00	162.41
6	—	313	160.00–165.00	162.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	130.00–138.00	133.95
6	—	317	147.00–157.00	151.38
6	—	383	142.00–147.00	144.34
4	—	475	120.00–128.00	124.04
6	—	277	150.00–160.00	155.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	110.00–116.00	112.96
4	—	488	130.00–138.00	133.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	130.00–134.00	131.99
10	—	412	120.00–130.00	124.46
4	—	503	110.00–116.00	113.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	618	110.00–118.00	113.92
8	—	371	130.00–140.00	137.04
8	—	418	130.00–138.00	134.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	50.00	50.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,085	700.00	700.00

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.