Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-05-09

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2022-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 9

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 2May 9May 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

95 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 137▼ 46 vs year ago 141 · −32.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 32▲ 3 vs year ago 15 · +20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, Replacement lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.48/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$146.48

29 head · 371 lb average

Value per head Derived

$543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$4.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.52

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	400	149.66	599	8thin
Medium and Large 3	360	145.27	523	21

One grade step is worth $4.39/cwt here — about $76 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 sale29 hd

146.48

—

GA average15 barns · 1,043 hd

144.96

+1.52

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	1,290	68.12	879	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	62.70	765	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	55.16	552	3thin

Every lot

15 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	285	147.05/cwt	144.00–150.00	419	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	359	133.67/cwt	130.00–140.00	480	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	413	134.63/cwt	130.00–137.00	556	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	414	144.49/cwt	140.00–148.00	598	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	480	125.02/cwt	124.00–126.00	600	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	287	153.35/cwt	150.00–157.00	440	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	317	153.37/cwt	150.00–155.00	486	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	155.13/cwt	150.00–160.00	589	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	385	146.08/cwt	140.00–150.00	562	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	409	135.34/cwt	130.00–140.00	554	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	144.19/cwt	140.00–148.00	606	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,290	68.12/cwt	65.00–73.00	879	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	970	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	611	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	55.16/cwt	53.00–59.00	552	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	62.62/cwt	60.00–65.00	803	4

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 May 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 137Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 32Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	150.00–160.00	155.13
4	—	420	140.00–148.00	144.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	385	140.00–150.00	146.08
7	—	409	130.00–140.00	135.34
3	—	317	150.00–155.00	153.37
5	—	287	150.00–157.00	153.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	285	144.00–150.00	147.05
4	—	480	124.00–126.00	125.02
3	—	413	130.00–137.00	134.63
7	—	359	130.00–140.00	133.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	414	140.00–148.00	144.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	65.00–73.00	68.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,000	53.00–59.00	55.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	63.00	63.00
4	—	1,283	60.00–65.00	62.62

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.