Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-09-06

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 6
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 94▲ 34 vs year ago 81 · +42.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 21▼ 9 vs year ago 31 · −29.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 12▲ 3 vs year ago 12 · +25.0%
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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 lightly tested, Heifer calves and Bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $125.89/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$125.89
36 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.13
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2460127.5658714thin
Medium and Large 3399124.8349722
One grade step is worth $2.72/cwt here — about $90 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 sale36 hd
125.89
—
GA average15 barns · 1,778 hd
129.03
−3.13
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—Low1,65081.001,3372thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55262.999773thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09362.486838thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91848.984503thin

Every lot

23 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323136.67/cwt130.00–140.004416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382133.97/cwt130.00–138.005126
Heifers—Medium and Large 3386125.95/cwt120.00–130.004867
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428118.12/cwt114.00–122.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483114.44/cwt110.00–120.005535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519122.75/cwt120.00–125.006378
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3392141.31/cwt140.00–144.005543
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426133.33/cwt130.00–138.005687
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480126.94/cwt124.00–130.006094
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535121.73/cwt118.00–125.006518
Bulls—Medium and Large 3583116.02/cwt110.00–118.006766
Bulls—Medium and Large 3617107.32/cwt102.00–110.006623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2690114.03/cwt110.00–118.007872
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29075.00/cwt75.00–75.009681
Bulls——2,01087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,7491
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87044.97/cwt42.00–47.003912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01557.00/cwt57.00–57.005791
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04855.99/cwt52.00–60.005872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10864.64/cwt63.00–68.007166
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46565.48/cwt64.00–67.009592
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72558.00/cwt58.00–58.001,0011
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4281,009.54/cwt975.00–1,050.0014,4164
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20079.82/cwt72.00–86.009583

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.