Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-07-24

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 24
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 75▼ 75 vs year ago 166 · −45.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 7▼ 23 vs year ago 31 · −74.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Steers and Steer calves lightly tested, Heifers and Heifer calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls 2.00 higher, Bull calves 5.00 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 $253.86/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$253.86
17 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,037
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$54.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+37.00
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1303291.048815thin
Medium and Large 2475240.031,1406thin
Medium and Large 3430236.701,0186thin
One grade step is worth $54.34/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale17 hd
253.86
—
GA average16 barns · 999 hd
216.86
+37.00
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—Low1,060101.321,0742thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08592.971,0092thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09277.338443thin

Every lot

10 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 · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1291296.00/cwt295.00–298.008613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320283.61/cwt280.00–287.009082
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325262.62/cwt260.00–265.008542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377263.32/cwt260.00–265.009933
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430242.53/cwt240.00–245.001,0432
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535204.95/cwt200.00–210.001,0962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573216.74/cwt210.00–220.001,2423
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,060101.32/cwt98.00–105.001,0742
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08592.97/cwt90.00–96.001,0092
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09277.33/cwt72.00–80.008443

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.