Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-06-07

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 7

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 31Jun 7Jun 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

139 head

▲ 64 vs last sale 75▲ 78 vs year ago 61 · +127.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 11▲ 22 vs year ago 9 · +244.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 14▼ 42 vs year ago 50 · −84.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $116.79/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$116.79

24 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$22.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.40

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	418	134.86	564	3thin
Medium and Large 2	510	117.83	601	7thin
Medium and Large 3	470	112.40	528	14thin

One grade step is worth $22.46/cwt here — about $35 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 sale24 hd

116.79

—

GA average16 barns · 1,581 hd

122.19

−5.40

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	—	Low	1,245	85.00	1,058	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,131	66.20	749	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	49.57	500	10

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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	118.12/cwt	115.00–123.00	490	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	134.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	564	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	120.76/cwt	119.00–125.00	559	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	112.54/cwt	110.00–115.00	521	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	107.40/cwt	105.00–110.00	558	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	102.29/cwt	100.00–107.00	583	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	113.92/cwt	110.00–118.00	653	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	317	153.67/cwt	150.00–157.00	487	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	382	144.82/cwt	140.00–149.00	553	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	417	141.90/cwt	140.00–147.00	592	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	611	104.61/cwt	100.00–106.00	639	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,080	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	853	1
Bulls	—	—	1,300	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,131	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	44.86/cwt	40.00–48.00	448	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	56.63/cwt	51.00–59.00	580	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	70.61/cwt	69.00–72.00	794	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,134	64.31/cwt	60.00–68.00	729	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	843.63/cwt	800.00–875.00	8,521	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,170	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,775	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 Jun 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 75Year ago 61

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 11Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 14Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	119.00–125.00	120.76
3	—	573	110.00–118.00	113.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	100.00–107.00	102.29
2	—	520	105.00–110.00	107.40
2	—	463	110.00–115.00	112.54
7	—	415	115.00–123.00	118.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	130.00–140.00	134.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	417	140.00–147.00	141.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	317	150.00–157.00	153.67
5	—	611	100.00–106.00	104.61
6	—	382	140.00–149.00	144.82

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	—	1,170	750.00	750.00

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)	2	—	1,010	800.00–875.00	843.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,134	60.00–68.00	64.31
3	—	1,125	69.00–72.00	70.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,024	51.00–59.00	56.63
6	—	998	40.00–48.00	44.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	79.00	79.00
3	—	1,300	87.00	87.00

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.