Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-08-16

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 16

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Aug 9Aug 16Aug 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

96 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 95▼ 115 vs year ago 211 · −54.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 15▲ 2 vs year ago 13 · +15.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 33▲ 15 vs year ago 4 · +375.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter cows lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and heifer calves lightly tested, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows 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 $139.69/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$139.69

24 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$13.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.92

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	474	149.74	710	6thin
Medium and Large 3	469	136.34	640	18thin

One grade step is worth $13.40/cwt here — about $70 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

139.69

—

GA average14 barns · 1,305 hd

132.77

+6.92

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	1,231	63.94	787	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	894	53.79	481	4thin

Every lot

14 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	418	132.57/cwt	130.00–136.00	554	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	124.89/cwt	120.00–130.00	574	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	313	178.19/cwt	175.00–185.00	558	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	324	168.17/cwt	165.00–172.00	545	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	473	132.59/cwt	130.00–136.00	627	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	518	123.95/cwt	120.00–128.00	642	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	573	122.06/cwt	120.00–126.00	699	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	635	121.29/cwt	120.00–124.00	770	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	894	53.79/cwt	50.00–59.00	481	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	705	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,234	65.13/cwt	60.00–69.00	804	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,068	56.00/cwt	55.00–57.00	598	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,372	68.07/cwt	66.00–73.00	934	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,440	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	792	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 Aug 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 96Last week 95Year ago 211

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 15Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 33Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	175.00–185.00	178.19
3	—	635	120.00–124.00	121.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	120.00–126.00	122.06
4	—	324	165.00–172.00	168.17
5	—	518	120.00–128.00	123.95
6	—	473	130.00–136.00	132.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	120.00–130.00	124.89
6	—	418	130.00–136.00	132.57

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)	2	—	1,068	55.00–57.00	56.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,440	55.00	55.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,372	66.00–73.00	68.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,234	60.00–69.00	65.13
1	—	1,215	58.00	58.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	894	50.00–59.00	53.79

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.