Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-09-19

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 19
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 96▼ 140 vs year ago 218 · −64.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 9▼ 8 vs year ago 15 · −53.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 11▼ 15 vs year ago 38 · −39.5%
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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 and bull calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 3.00 lower, 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 $145.49/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$145.49
29 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.17
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477152.687285thin
Medium and Large 2430146.2562916thin
Medium and Large 3411139.505738thin
One grade step is worth $13.19/cwt here — about $156 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
145.49
—
GA average14 barns · 1,639 hd
144.32
+1.17
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—Average1,56092.001,4351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06778.988423thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04759.336213thin

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)989$8866

Every lot

18 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 2663151.39/cwt150.00–154.001,0043
Steers—Medium and Large 3723135.42/cwt130.00–138.009793
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383152.07/cwt150.00–154.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383144.08/cwt140.00–148.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428144.64/cwt140.00–150.006196
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438134.91/cwt130.00–140.005914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463143.97/cwt140.00–148.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477152.68/cwt150.00–155.007285
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3492151.32/cwt150.00–154.007443
Bulls—Medium and Large 3577143.93/cwt140.00–148.008306
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,56092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,4351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01862.49/cwt61.00–64.006362
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06077.97/cwt77.00–79.008262
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08081.00/cwt81.00–81.008751
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10553.00/cwt53.00–53.005861
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3983779.07/head725.00–850.007794
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-392676.00/cwt76.00–76.007041

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.