Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-10-04

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 4
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 168▲ 49 vs year ago 80 · +61.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 56▲ 10 vs year ago 27 · +37.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 0 vs year ago 18 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls unevenly steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Bull calves lightly tested, Heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.43/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$121.43
47 head · 389 lb average
Value per head Derived
$472
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.48
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413134.085545thin
Medium and Large 2398124.4349512thin
Medium and Large 3382118.1345130
One grade step is worth $15.95/cwt here — about $103 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 sale47 hd
121.43
—
GA average16 barns · 1,744 hd
116.96
+4.48
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—Average1,37376.001,0432thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31454.3771410
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13844.755094thin

Every lot

20 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3288127.41/cwt125.00–130.003675
Heifers—Medium and Large 3314121.95/cwt120.00–126.003835
Heifers—Medium and Large 3362119.29/cwt112.00–122.004325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367126.13/cwt120.00–130.004636
Heifers—Medium and Large 3404113.07/cwt110.00–120.004578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413134.08/cwt130.00–138.005545
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428122.73/cwt120.00–128.005256
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473114.79/cwt110.00–118.005435
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515111.03/cwt110.00–112.005722
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2284161.16/cwt160.00–163.004585
Bulls—Medium and Large 3303142.73/cwt140.00–148.004323
Bulls—Medium and Large 2326156.12/cwt150.00–160.005096
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378132.37/cwt130.00–138.005004
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513114.71/cwt110.00–120.005885
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,03072.00/cwt72.00–72.007421
Bulls——1,71580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3721
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13844.75/cwt42.00–49.005094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31454.37/cwt50.00–57.0071410
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0016,2562
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,450861.84/cwt700.00–950.0012,4976

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.