Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-06-19

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 19
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 173▲ 80 vs year ago 110 · +72.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 27▼ 11 vs year ago 18 · −61.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 7▲ 14 vs year ago 12 · +116.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends Available This Week

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $253.18/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$253.18
44 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+42.36
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1387267.241,03319thin
Medium and Large 2417246.031,02613thin
Medium and Large 3390238.6793212thin
One grade step is worth $28.56/cwt here — about $101 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 sale44 hd
253.18
—
GA average16 barns · 1,062 hd
210.82
+42.36
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—Average1,520111.001,6871thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29096.561,2462thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93582.657733thin

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)785$6002thin

Every lot

27 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342262.42/cwt260.00–265.008975
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429225.07/cwt220.00–228.009664
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510213.92/cwt210.00–218.001,0912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3553205.02/cwt200.00–210.001,1342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565213.51/cwt210.00–220.001,2063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570222.02/cwt220.00–224.001,2664
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285318.36/cwt317.00–320.009073
Bulls—Medium and Large 3310253.44/cwt250.00–260.007863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318264.83/cwt260.00–268.008423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325272.62/cwt270.00–275.008862
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360243.50/cwt240.00–245.008774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368264.07/cwt260.00–270.009726
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377255.24/cwt250.00–258.009623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432244.98/cwt240.00–250.001,0582
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435233.95/cwt230.00–236.001,0183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1437253.55/cwt250.00–260.001,1084
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468235.19/cwt230.00–240.001,1012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471244.64/cwt240.00–250.001,1524
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505213.96/cwt210.00–218.001,0802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512225.95/cwt220.00–230.001,1573
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,520111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,6871
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93582.65/cwt81.00–84.007733
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29096.56/cwt95.00–98.001,2462
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3785600.00/head600.00–600.006002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-356581.00/cwt81.00–81.004581
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,04883.96/cwt82.00–86.008802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,380102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4081

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.