Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-10-23

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 23
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 202 vs last sale 0▼ 19 vs year ago 221 · −8.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 0▼ 6 vs year ago 33 · −18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▲ 15 vs year ago 10 · +150.0%
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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 $216.21/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$216.21
29 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$361
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$35.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.93
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3429218.6793827
Medium and Large 1710183.041,3002thin
One grade step is worth $35.63/cwt here — about −$361 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 sale29 hd
216.21
—
GA average16 barns · 1,303 hd
215.28
+0.93
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—Average1,49191.231,3605thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26379.911,0098thin
CowsLean 85-90%High96264.036166thin

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)1,413$1,3374thin

Every lot

24 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 2308222.92/cwt220.00–230.006877
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325216.46/cwt210.00–220.007033
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365212.53/cwt210.00–215.007762
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410202.81/cwt200.00–210.008325
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470194.79/cwt190.00–200.009162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522205.35/cwt202.00–212.001,0723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3335233.01/cwt230.00–240.0078110
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370232.64/cwt230.00–235.008614
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424222.10/cwt220.00–225.009425
Bulls—Medium and Large 3503205.02/cwt200.00–210.001,0314
Bulls—Medium and Large 3638183.98/cwt182.00–186.001,1742
Bulls—Medium and Large 3673172.42/cwt170.00–175.001,1602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710183.04/cwt180.00–186.001,3002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16585.39/cwt83.00–88.009952
Bulls——1,70895.12/cwt93.00–96.001,6253
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89457.56/cwt55.00–59.005154
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09876.98/cwt76.00–78.008452
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21883.03/cwt81.00–84.001,0114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30876.79/cwt75.00–79.001,0044
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4131,337.21/head1,325.00–1,350.001,3374
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00586.74/cwt80.00–92.008723
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12382.67/cwt80.00–85.009282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,20475.09/cwt70.00–78.009046
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,43075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0731

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.