Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-11-01

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 173▲ 57 vs year ago 8 · +712.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 26▼ 100 vs year ago 118 · −84.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 22▲ 9 vs year ago 9 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.72/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$146.72
16 head · 393 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.84
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1365163.955982thin
Medium and Large 2407145.2659110thin
Medium and Large 3373141.785294thin
One grade step is worth $22.17/cwt here — about $70 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 sale16 hd
146.72
—
GA average15 barns · 1,200 hd
127.89
+18.84
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—Low1,09574.068112thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15757.016603thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98646.504589thin

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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3287133.93/cwt130.00–140.003843
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329130.02/cwt128.00–132.004284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368132.48/cwt130.00–135.004882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423131.92/cwt130.00–134.005582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470122.87/cwt120.00–126.005772
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335164.06/cwt160.00–168.005502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360152.81/cwt150.00–158.005503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365163.95/cwt160.00–168.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373141.78/cwt140.00–145.005294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2464133.20/cwt130.00–136.006185
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,09574.06/cwt73.00–75.008112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96344.65/cwt41.00–48.004307
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06552.98/cwt51.00–55.005642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07853.52/cwt52.00–55.005772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31564.00/cwt64.00–64.008421
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,133913.36/cwt900.00–925.0010,3484
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-389052.00/cwt52.00–52.004631
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299585.00/cwt85.00–85.008461
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17077.32/cwt74.00–81.009052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,28059.00/cwt59.00–59.007551

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.