Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-09-27

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 27
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
168 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 218▲ 24 vs year ago 144 · +16.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 15▲ 31 vs year ago 25 · +124.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 38▼ 3 vs year ago 13 · −23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer calves lightly tested, Heifers and Bulls mostly steady, Heifer calves and Bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.52/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$119.52
53 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$65
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.99
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2383130.1049814thin
Medium and Large 3486115.7256339
One grade step is worth $14.39/cwt here — about −$65 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 sale53 hd
119.52
—
GA average16 barns · 1,624 hd
124.51
−4.99
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—Average1,60577.121,2383thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11056.216249thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04749.0851420

Every lot

22 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 · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2304133.43/cwt130.00–137.004065
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320125.31/cwt120.00–130.004012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373132.55/cwt130.00–135.004942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429128.79/cwt125.00–133.005535
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430120.44/cwt110.00–126.0051814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463116.71/cwt112.00–120.005406
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473122.62/cwt120.00–125.005802
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523112.09/cwt108.00–118.005867
Heifers—Medium and Large 3569111.03/cwt105.00–115.006327
Heifers—Medium and Large 3627104.67/cwt104.00–106.006563
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373143.66/cwt140.00–147.005364
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473128.81/cwt125.00–133.006094
Bulls—Medium and Large 3508119.99/cwt115.00–125.006107
Bulls—Medium and Large 3608108.42/cwt105.00–115.006593
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49574.18/cwt70.00–77.001,1092
Bulls——1,82583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,5151
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03146.60/cwt42.00–49.0048010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05563.00/cwt63.00–63.006651
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06351.55/cwt50.00–55.0054810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11755.36/cwt52.00–59.006188
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,180775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,1452
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,04559.00/cwt59.00–59.006171

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.