Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-08-15

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 15
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 85▲ 23 vs year ago 96 · +24.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 12▼ 4 vs year ago 15 · −26.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 23▼ 4 vs year ago 19 · −21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and Bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $173.78/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$173.78
53 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$133
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$28.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.41
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2320184.135894thin
Medium and Large 1417182.2475932
Medium and Large 3464155.4272217thin
One grade step is worth $28.71/cwt here — about −$133 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 sale53 hd
173.78
—
GA average15 barns · 1,228 hd
151.36
+22.41
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—Average1,24583.001,0331thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24081.001,0041thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low81550.004082thin

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)1,052$8856

Every lot

23 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3317153.37/cwt150.00–155.004863
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421139.39/cwt134.00–144.005877
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458133.96/cwt130.00–138.006144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473144.19/cwt140.00–148.006824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485153.54/cwt150.00–157.007454
Heifers—Medium and Large 3513131.52/cwt130.00–134.006754
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3288182.48/cwt180.00–185.005264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315194.19/cwt190.00–198.006124
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320184.13/cwt180.00–188.005894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380192.99/cwt190.00–195.0073311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413184.85/cwt180.00–190.007634
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433164.04/cwt160.00–166.007106
Bulls—Medium and Large 1459172.33/cwt170.00–175.007917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505164.36/cwt160.00–167.008306
Bulls—Medium and Large 3582135.62/cwt130.00–138.007895
Bulls—Medium and Large 3618124.94/cwt120.00–130.007722
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,24583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0331
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81550.00/cwt50.00–50.004082
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0041
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3860714.32/head650.00–775.007144
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4351,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-283595.92/cwt95.00–97.008012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-292094.00/cwt94.00–94.008651

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.