Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-07-11

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 11
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
134 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 197▼ 35 vs year ago 169 · −20.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 7▲ 2 vs year ago 22 · +9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 12▲ 6 vs year ago 20 · +30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week due to Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.97/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$128.97
34 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$212
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$7.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.59
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3501131.6966015thin
Medium and Large 2623127.5779515thin
Medium and Large 1703124.018724thin
One grade step is worth $7.68/cwt here — about −$212 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 sale34 hd
128.97
—
GA average5 barns · 339 hd
143.56
−14.59
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—High1,66895.671,5963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21285.641,0385thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99458.9358611

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)975$71812

Every lot

25 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3412153.93/cwt150.00–160.006345
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407155.38/cwt150.00–158.006323
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423134.39/cwt130.00–138.005684
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323155.84/cwt152.00–160.005032
Bulls—Medium and Large 3403143.31/cwt140.00–145.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 3472133.92/cwt130.00–140.006323
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505124.95/cwt120.00–130.006312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577135.33/cwt132.00–140.007816
Bulls—Medium and Large 3603124.02/cwt120.00–128.007482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615128.50/cwt122.00–132.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2656122.00/cwt120.00–124.008004
Bulls—Medium and Large 3678111.33/cwt110.00–114.007553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1703124.01/cwt120.00–128.008724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710114.06/cwt110.00–118.008102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4391
Bulls——1,62584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3651
Bulls——1,865108.00/cwt108.00–108.002,0141
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97053.01/cwt52.00–54.005144
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00862.32/cwt60.00–64.006287
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1191
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21883.55/cwt80.00–86.001,0184
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-387566.00/cwt66.00–66.005781
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-393564.00/cwt64.00–64.005981
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,27089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1301
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3975718.25/head625.00–875.0071812

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.