Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-02-14

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 14
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
219 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 131▲ 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 35▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 13▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.95/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$136.95
68 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.43
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2429148.3763617thin
Medium and Large 3460133.1461251
One grade step is worth $15.23/cwt here — about $24 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 sale68 hd
136.95
—
GA average17 barns · 2,352 hd
145.38
−8.43
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—Average1,62096.681,5662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12475.288466thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04164.396719thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1485185.62/cwt180.00–190.009005
Steers—Medium and Large 3610142.51/cwt140.00–144.008694
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3310152.21/cwt150.00–157.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372152.10/cwt150.00–155.005665
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378144.42/cwt140.00–150.0054610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413135.81/cwt130.00–140.005619
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414149.27/cwt142.00–152.006185
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477132.05/cwt130.00–136.006308
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480145.07/cwt140.00–150.006967
Heifers—Medium and Large 3519127.85/cwt124.00–132.0066410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3578113.58/cwt110.00–120.006565
Heifers—Medium and Large 3624114.96/cwt110.00–118.007174
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3293179.17/cwt175.00–183.005255
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378174.11/cwt170.00–177.006586
Bulls—Medium and Large 3409164.28/cwt160.00–168.006726
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,62096.68/cwt95.00–98.001,5662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01071.31/cwt70.00–73.007203
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05257.90/cwt56.00–59.006093
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06263.97/cwt62.00–65.006793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12475.28/cwt72.00–78.008466
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3895650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,8182
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-294576.00/cwt76.00–76.007181
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03574.00/cwt74.00–74.007661
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09070.00/cwt70.00–70.007631

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.