Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-10-18

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 18

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Oct 11Oct 18Oct 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

183 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 175▲ 35 vs year ago 148 · +23.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 30▲ 13 vs year ago 12 · +108.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 15▲ 18 vs year ago 8 · +225.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 lower, Replacement cows mostly 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 $114.75/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$114.75

45 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$8.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.97

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	464	119.98	557	16thin
Medium and Large 3	450	111.86	503	29

One grade step is worth $8.12/cwt here — about $54 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 sale45 hd

114.75

—

GA average17 barns · 2,123 hd

122.72

−7.97

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%	Low	1,230	53.91	663	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	927	46.73	433	11

Every lot

18 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	265	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	321	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	124.83/cwt	120.00–130.00	466	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	122.47/cwt	120.00–124.00	463	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	423	113.93/cwt	110.00–118.00	482	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	124.05/cwt	120.00–128.00	540	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	487	111.58/cwt	110.00–114.00	543	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	508	104.69/cwt	100.00–110.00	532	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	115.52/cwt	112.00–120.00	605	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	584	101.21/cwt	100.00–106.00	591	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	124.75/cwt	120.00–128.00	586	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	511	115.95/cwt	112.00–122.00	593	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	909	43.61/cwt	40.00–46.00	396	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	959	52.18/cwt	50.00–54.00	500	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	53.91/cwt	52.00–56.00	663	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	942	85.47/cwt	82.00–89.00	805	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,035	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	704	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	76.92/cwt	73.00–81.00	800	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,410	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	14,453	2

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 Oct 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 183Last week 175Year ago 148

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 30Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 15Year ago 8

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	909	40.00–46.00	43.61
4	—	959	50.00–54.00	52.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	52.00–56.00	53.91

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	68.00	68.00

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)	4	—	1,040	73.00–81.00	76.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	942	82.00–89.00	85.47

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,410	1,025.00	1,025.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	120.00–124.00	122.47
4	—	423	110.00–118.00	113.93
5	—	487	110.00–114.00	111.58
6	—	508	100.00–110.00	104.69
5	—	584	100.00–106.00	101.21
4	—	265	120.00–122.00	120.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	112.00–120.00	115.52
4	—	435	120.00–128.00	124.05
4	—	373	120.00–130.00	124.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	120.00–128.00	124.75
4	—	511	112.00–122.00	115.95

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.