Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-08-01

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 1
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 166▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 31▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 22▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls Lightly tested, Steer calves, Heifer calves, and Bull calves Steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.65/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$148.65
36 head · 387 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.39
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1404153.1861810thin
Medium and Large 2380146.9155826
One grade step is worth $6.28/cwt here — about $60 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 sale36 hd
148.65
—
GA average15 barns · 1,275 hd
141.26
+7.39
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—Low1,10579.008731thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20565.007831thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87852.324592thin

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)955$8502thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3360175.83/cwt170.00–178.006334
Steers—Medium and Large 2368184.97/cwt180.00–190.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 1468182.49/cwt180.00–185.008544
Steers—Medium and Large 2523163.38/cwt160.00–167.008544
Steers—Medium and Large 3560144.07/cwt142.00–148.008073
Steers—Medium and Large 1576164.01/cwt160.00–166.009455
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307163.32/cwt160.00–165.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317154.45/cwt150.00–158.0049010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365153.89/cwt150.00–156.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370145.82/cwt140.00–150.005406
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412145.34/cwt140.00–148.005996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505145.05/cwt140.00–150.007334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2505132.02/cwt130.00–134.006674
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3270172.31/cwt170.00–175.004654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2289185.30/cwt180.00–188.005368
Bulls—Medium and Large 3314165.61/cwt160.00–170.005205
Bulls—Medium and Large 1316187.15/cwt185.00–190.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370182.35/cwt180.00–185.006756
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,10579.00/cwt79.00–79.008731
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87852.32/cwt50.00–55.004592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20565.00/cwt65.00–65.007831
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2955850.00/head850.00–850.008502

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.