Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-08-21

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 21
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 148 vs last sale 0▼ 17 vs year ago 165 · −10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▼ 17 vs year ago 29 · −58.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 0▲ 6 vs year ago 11 · +54.5%
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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 $228.92/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$228.92
27 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$978
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.07
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487233.321,1363thin
Medium and Large 2434231.061,00410thin
Medium and Large 3409226.4592614thin
One grade step is worth $6.87/cwt here — about $210 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 sale27 hd
228.92
—
GA average16 barns · 1,463 hd
220.85
+8.07
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—Low1,43096.541,3814thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16595.331,1112thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,69892.571,5722thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)835$1,2501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)875$1,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)941$1,1048

Every lot

20 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 2343292.52/cwt290.00–295.001,0034
Steers—Medium and Large 3488252.54/cwt250.00–255.001,2322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3386234.32/cwt230.00–238.009046
Heifers—Medium and Large 3408224.81/cwt220.00–227.009175
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419233.47/cwt230.00–238.009787
Heifers—Medium and Large 3457213.43/cwt210.00–220.009753
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470225.45/cwt220.00–228.001,0603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487233.32/cwt230.00–235.001,1363
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380272.21/cwt270.00–277.001,0343
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424244.97/cwt240.00–247.001,0394
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,250107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,3381
Bulls——1,33586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1481
Bulls——1,56896.58/cwt94.00–99.001,5142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16595.33/cwt93.00–98.001,1112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69892.57/cwt90.00–95.001,5722
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3868963.98/head950.00–975.009644
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0131,243.15/head1,175.00–1,325.001,2434
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2660137.00/cwt137.00–137.009041
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28351,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28751,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001

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.