Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-04-19

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Apr 19
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 126▲ 190 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 16▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 46▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, Bull calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 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 $129.05/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$129.05
38 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.47
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520133.096924thin
Medium and Large 2469131.246168thin
Medium and Large 3410127.7652426
One grade step is worth $5.33/cwt here — about $168 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 sale38 hd
129.05
—
GA average16 barns · 1,887 hd
128.58
+0.47
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—Low1,21873.448942thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13361.4369610
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18548.005692thin

Every lot

18 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 3530136.94/cwt134.00–140.007264
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328137.37/cwt135.00–140.004514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383128.84/cwt124.00–134.004934
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423126.58/cwt122.00–132.0053512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3457122.98/cwt120.00–127.005626
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469131.24/cwt130.00–135.006168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520133.09/cwt130.00–136.006924
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423141.53/cwt140.00–144.005998
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465145.19/cwt140.00–148.006756
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470135.36/cwt132.00–140.006366
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,21873.44/cwt70.00–77.008942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11762.04/cwt60.00–64.006938
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18548.00/cwt48.00–48.005692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19559.00/cwt59.00–59.007052
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1401,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0012,8252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,230975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,9932
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13063.00/cwt63.00–63.007121
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24065.00/cwt65.00–65.008061

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.