Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-03-20

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Mar 20
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 120▼ 108 vs year ago 232 · −46.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 14▼ 11 vs year ago 27 · −40.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 8▲ 1 vs year ago 13 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends Available this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $187.22/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$187.22
41 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$90
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.95
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2333207.506908thin
Medium and Large 1490183.5389927
Medium and Large 3441176.807806thin
One grade step is worth $30.70/cwt here — about −$90 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 sale41 hd
187.22
—
GA average15 barns · 1,745 hd
186.27
+0.95
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—Low1,605103.441,6613thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28179.861,0236thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09059.006432thin

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)1,055$1,2752thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1559193.30/cwt190.00–195.001,0813
Steers—Medium and Large 2589187.59/cwt180.00–189.001,1056
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316213.94/cwt210.00–218.006765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323221.86/cwt220.00–224.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360196.76/cwt190.00–200.007083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370208.42/cwt205.00–215.007713
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378193.15/cwt190.00–198.007304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433194.11/cwt190.00–196.008403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463185.23/cwt180.00–188.008585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507175.37/cwt170.00–178.008893
Heifers—Medium and Large 3568144.09/cwt140.00–148.008182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576168.34/cwt160.00–170.0097011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368254.92/cwt250.00–260.009385
Bulls—Medium and Large 3369231.18/cwt230.00–235.008536
Bulls—Medium and Large 2381243.70/cwt240.00–248.009284
Bulls—Medium and Large 3416217.92/cwt215.00–225.009074
Bulls—Medium and Large 3471212.17/cwt210.00–217.009994
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,3441
Bulls——1,653110.66/cwt109.00–112.001,8292
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09059.00/cwt59.00–59.006432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19574.95/cwt74.00–76.008962
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32482.31/cwt80.00–85.001,0904
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-360570.00/cwt70.00–70.004241
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2780101.00/cwt101.00–101.007881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-285887.33/cwt82.00–100.007493

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.