Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-05-17

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 17

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 10May 17May 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

182 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 141▼ 33 vs year ago 215 · −15.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 15▼ 17 vs year ago 31 · −54.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 31▼ 22 vs year ago 25 · −88.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder Steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.76/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$122.76

38 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$167

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.23

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	383	123.71	474	6thin
Medium and Large 2	439	123.18	541	19thin
Medium and Large 1	526	121.71	641	13thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about −$167 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

122.76

—

GA average17 barns · 1,839 hd

121.53

+1.23

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	61.53	742	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,044	48.34	505	3thin

Every lot

19 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	358	132.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	473	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	123.71/cwt	120.00–128.00	474	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	125.07/cwt	120.00–128.00	525	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	124.67/cwt	122.00–130.00	592	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	124.74/cwt	122.00–126.00	661	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	113.31/cwt	108.00–118.00	603	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	115.97/cwt	114.00–118.00	676	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	114.02/cwt	112.00–116.00	705	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	307	139.39/cwt	138.00–142.00	428	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	356	132.38/cwt	130.00–138.00	471	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	425	127.28/cwt	124.00–130.00	541	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	474	122.38/cwt	116.00–126.00	580	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	510	116.54/cwt	110.00–120.00	594	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	416	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,050	54.58/cwt	53.00–56.00	573	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	52.01/cwt	50.00–54.00	550	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	63.85/cwt	60.00–67.00	803	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	790	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,740	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,435	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	890	1

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 May 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 182Last week 141Year ago 215

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 15Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 31Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	122.00–126.00	124.74
6	—	475	122.00–130.00	124.67
2	—	583	114.00–118.00	115.97
2	—	618	112.00–116.00	114.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	358	130.00–136.00	132.00
6	—	532	108.00–118.00	113.31
8	—	420	120.00–128.00	125.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	120.00–128.00	123.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	110.00–120.00	116.54
5	—	474	116.00–126.00	122.38
3	—	307	138.00–142.00	139.39
6	—	425	124.00–130.00	127.28
7	—	356	130.00–138.00	132.38

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,435	62.00	62.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	41.00	41.00
2	—	1,058	50.00–54.00	52.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,257	60.00–67.00	63.85
3	—	1,050	53.00–56.00	54.58

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.