Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-05-31

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 31

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 24May 31Jun 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

75 head

▼ 140 vs last sale 215▼ 63 vs year ago 138 · −45.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 24▲ 5 vs year ago 6 · +83.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 38▲ 3 vs year ago 11 · +27.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows unevenly steady.

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 $137.38/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$137.38

11 head · 403 lb average

Value per head Derived

$554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$6.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.09

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	408	142.98	583	2thin
Medium and Large 3	402	136.14	548	9thin

One grade step is worth $6.84/cwt here — about $36 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 sale11 hd

137.38

—

GA average14 barns · 1,283 hd

126.29

+11.09

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	1,855	84.00	1,558	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,145	64.92	743	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	922	54.54	503	4thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	133.90/cwt	130.00–138.00	640	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	123.15/cwt	120.00–126.00	511	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	364	143.88/cwt	140.00–146.00	524	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	408	142.98/cwt	140.00–146.00	583	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	413	133.87/cwt	130.00–136.00	553	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	463	124.06/cwt	120.00–128.00	574	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,855	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,558	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	396	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	942	57.38/cwt	55.00–59.00	541	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	64.92/cwt	64.00–66.00	743	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,005	670.70/cwt	665.00–675.00	6,741	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	900	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	531	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,480	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,023	691.77/cwt	650.00–735.00	7,077	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,485	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	980	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 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 75Last week 215Year ago 138

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 24Year ago 6

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 38Year ago 11

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	140.00–146.00	142.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	120.00–128.00	124.06
3	—	413	130.00–136.00	133.87
4	—	364	140.00–146.00	143.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	120.00–126.00	123.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	130.00–138.00	133.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	4	—	1,005	665.00–675.00	670.70

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,485	66.00	66.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,023	650.00–735.00	691.77

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	—	900	59.00	59.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	64.00–66.00	64.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	942	55.00–59.00	57.38
1	—	860	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	84.00	84.00

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.