Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-01-30

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 30
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 86▼ 22 vs year ago 131 · −16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 22▼ 16 vs year ago 35 · −45.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 9▲ 43 vs year ago 13 · +330.8%
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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 unevenly 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 $151.45/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$151.45
18 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.65
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2398160.166377thin
Medium and Large 3415145.9160611thin
One grade step is worth $14.25/cwt here — about $31 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 sale18 hd
151.45
—
GA average15 barns · 1,420 hd
155.11
−3.65
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—Average1,41087.941,2402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18472.768624thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91453.654918thin

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,058$9644thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,088$81212
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)745$6251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,118$88626

Every lot

21 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380165.26/cwt160.00–168.006283
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380154.87/cwt150.00–160.005894
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408144.31/cwt140.00–150.005895
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411156.34/cwt150.00–160.006434
Heifers—Medium and Large 3505131.98/cwt130.00–134.006662
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360202.43/cwt200.00–205.007292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427183.40/cwt180.00–185.007833
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440175.33/cwt170.00–178.007713
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465165.06/cwt160.00–168.007684
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,41087.94/cwt87.00–89.001,2402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86346.06/cwt43.00–49.003972
Cows—Lean 85-90%87851.54/cwt50.00–54.004533
Cows—Lean 85-90%98560.82/cwt58.00–62.005993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04068.00/cwt68.00–68.007071
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23274.35/cwt73.00–77.009163
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,108788.74/head675.00–875.0078912
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,127970.26/head900.00–1,100.0097014
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3745625.00/head625.00–625.006251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,058964.27/head925.00–1,000.009644
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,084774.41/head725.00–850.007749
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,098923.56/head900.00–950.009243

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.