Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-10-25

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 25

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Oct 18Oct 25Nov 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

173 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 183▲ 173 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 25▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 26▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows 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 $125.18/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$125.18

18 head · 369 lb average

Value per head Derived

$462

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$9.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.45

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	423	132.11	559	4thin
Medium and Large 2	407	124.03	505	3thin
Medium and Large 3	339	122.97	417	11thin

One grade step is worth $9.14/cwt here — about $142 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 sale18 hd

125.18

—

GA average16 barns · 1,292 hd

120.73

+4.45

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,047	63.87	669	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	52.59	637	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	894	46.78	418	4thin

Every lot

16 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	321	124.30/cwt	120.00–130.00	399	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	371	120.65/cwt	118.00–125.00	448	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	407	124.03/cwt	120.00–126.00	505	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	132.11/cwt	130.00–134.00	559	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	372	133.02/cwt	130.00–135.00	495	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	125.48/cwt	120.00–128.00	531	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	516	113.97/cwt	110.00–118.00	588	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,047	63.87/cwt	60.00–67.00	669	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	700	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	350	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	45.71/cwt	42.00–48.00	438	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	52.59/cwt	52.00–54.00	637	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	644	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	918.99/cwt	825.00–975.00	8,087	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	905	58.49/cwt	57.00–60.00	529	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	73.02/cwt	70.00–76.00	716	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,025	59.94/cwt	56.00–64.00	614	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 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 173Last week 183Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 26Year ago 0

Slaughter Cows 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	120.00–128.00	125.48
4	—	516	110.00–118.00	113.97
6	—	372	130.00–135.00	133.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	120.00–126.00	124.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	371	118.00–125.00	120.65
7	—	321	120.00–130.00	124.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	130.00–134.00	132.11

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	—	880	825.00–975.00	918.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	78.00	78.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	980	70.00–76.00	73.02

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	—	1,025	56.00–64.00	59.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	905	57.00–60.00	58.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	60.00–67.00	63.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,212	52.00–54.00	52.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	50.00	50.00
3	—	958	42.00–48.00	45.71

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.