Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-04-24

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Apr 24
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
▲ 178 vs last sale 118▲ 50 vs year ago 246 · +20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 15▼ 48 vs year ago 57 · −84.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 31▼ 52 vs year ago 73 · −71.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows 3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 2.00 higher, Steer calves, 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 $186.16/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$186.16
69 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$129
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$5.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.97
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3487189.9592413thin
Medium and Large 1642185.401,19045
Medium and Large 2570184.811,05411thin
One grade step is worth $5.14/cwt here — about −$129 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 sale69 hd
186.16
—
GA average16 barns · 1,645 hd
197.13
−10.97
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
Bulls—High1,27597.001,2372thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High98099.009701thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average83870.185885thin

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)993$1,1616

Every lot

43 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3310229.84/cwt225.00–235.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 2363234.90/cwt230.00–240.008534
Steers—Medium and Large 3372225.52/cwt220.00–230.008396
Steers—Medium and Large 3465216.95/cwt212.00–222.001,0094
Steers—Medium and Large 3508208.69/cwt202.00–212.001,0603
Steers—Medium and Large 3589192.53/cwt190.00–195.001,1344
Steers—Medium and Large 3635184.96/cwt180.00–190.001,1742
Steers—Medium and Large 3669174.07/cwt170.00–178.001,1655
Steers—Medium and Large 3720172.70/cwt170.00–174.001,2433
Steers—Medium and Large 1764186.62/cwt180.00–190.001,4266
Steers—Medium and Large 3793165.99/cwt162.00–170.001,3162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2407201.72/cwt200.00–205.008213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3407201.72/cwt200.00–205.008213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2457206.57/cwt200.00–210.009443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473213.31/cwt210.00–215.001,0093
Heifers—Medium and Large 3482194.85/cwt190.00–198.009395
Heifers—Medium and Large 3505184.04/cwt180.00–188.009292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514203.74/cwt200.00–208.001,0478
Heifers—Medium and Large 3562173.95/cwt170.00–178.009783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573191.44/cwt190.00–196.001,0974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1644184.51/cwt180.00–186.001,1884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659181.99/cwt180.00–183.001,1997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720175.47/cwt170.00–177.001,26315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2736161.61/cwt160.00–168.001,1895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771165.80/cwt162.00–170.001,2784
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3273236.33/cwt232.00–240.006454
Bulls—Medium and Large 3311225.68/cwt222.00–232.007025
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368215.36/cwt210.00–220.007934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383223.92/cwt220.00–228.008584
Bulls—Medium and Large 3403204.05/cwt200.00–210.008223
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423215.21/cwt210.00–220.009104
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485204.04/cwt200.00–208.009902
Bulls—Medium and Large 3529194.50/cwt190.00–198.001,0294
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573182.03/cwt180.00–184.001,0432
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580192.54/cwt190.00–195.001,1174
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1381
Bulls——1,300103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,3391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79573.38/cwt70.00–75.005833
Cows—Lean 85-90%90365.37/cwt62.00–69.005902
Cows—Boner 80-85%98099.00/cwt99.00–99.009701
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2938102.56/cwt99.00–112.009624
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,09284.48/cwt82.00–86.009232
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29931,160.99/head1,050.00–1,225.001,1616

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.