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

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 8
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 107▼ 10 vs year ago 95 · −10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 7▼ 3 vs year ago 15 · −20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 8▼ 10 vs year ago 33 · −30.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows lightly tested, Slaughter Bulls unevenly steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls 2.00 higher, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and Bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $136.24/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$136.24
26 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.06
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368154.765704thin
Medium and Large 2460137.946359thin
Medium and Large 3426129.3655113thin
One grade step is worth $25.40/cwt here — about $18 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 sale26 hd
136.24
—
GA average15 barns · 1,345 hd
142.29
−6.06
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—Low1,37875.501,0402thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low73550.003682thin

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)1,134$1,00610

Every lot

19 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 1613175.39/cwt170.00–178.001,0753
Steers—Medium and Large 3660136.95/cwt134.00–140.009044
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368154.76/cwt150.00–160.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378142.48/cwt140.00–145.005394
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383134.08/cwt130.00–138.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422129.12/cwt125.00–135.005455
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475124.95/cwt120.00–130.005944
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526134.30/cwt132.00–138.007065
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418174.07/cwt170.00–178.007284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420183.86/cwt180.00–190.007725
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423164.12/cwt160.00–168.006944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478171.51/cwt170.00–173.008204
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,27582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0461
Bulls——1,48069.00/cwt69.00–69.001,0211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%73550.00/cwt50.00–50.003682
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,01866.50/cwt65.00–68.006772
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02576.00/cwt76.00–76.007791
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,067818.36/head725.00–925.008186
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,287.15/head1,275.00–1,300.001,2874

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.