Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-01-16

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 16
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 171▲ 28 vs year ago 138 · +20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 22▼ 6 vs year ago 14 · −42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 5▼ 9 vs year ago 16 · −56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Heifer calves and bulls calves 5.00 to 8.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $183.36/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$183.36
39 head · 405 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.97
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368204.267526thin
Medium and Large 2396189.137488thin
Medium and Large 3417176.5173625
One grade step is worth $27.75/cwt here — about $16 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 sale39 hd
183.36
—
GA average15 barns · 1,532 hd
163.40
+19.97
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average96945.174385thin

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)1,105$1,0252thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2358213.92/cwt210.00–218.007664
Steers—Medium and Large 1365222.47/cwt220.00–225.008124
Steers—Medium and Large 3373203.86/cwt200.00–207.007607
Steers—Medium and Large 3434192.29/cwt190.00–194.008357
Steers—Medium and Large 3470185.21/cwt180.00–190.008704
Steers—Medium and Large 2473193.94/cwt190.00–198.009174
Steers—Medium and Large 1523192.42/cwt190.00–195.001,0064
Steers—Medium and Large 1570182.02/cwt180.00–184.001,0384
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327173.02/cwt170.00–180.005667
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333164.91/cwt160.00–170.005495
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358166.80/cwt165.00–168.005976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378174.05/cwt170.00–178.006587
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433163.42/cwt160.00–165.007083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467153.19/cwt150.00–156.007155
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3306192.10/cwt190.00–195.005887
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368204.26/cwt200.00–208.007526
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373193.34/cwt190.00–197.007214
Bulls—Medium and Large 3376184.05/cwt180.00–187.006927
Bulls—Medium and Large 3404175.45/cwt170.00–180.007095
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418184.91/cwt180.00–190.007734
Bulls—Medium and Large 3583155.39/cwt150.00–158.009063
Bulls—Medium and Large 3627145.40/cwt140.00–148.009123
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90443.46/cwt40.00–47.003934
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23052.00/cwt52.00–52.006401
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1051,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,00555.00/cwt55.00–55.005531

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.