Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-11-13

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 85▲ 49 vs year ago 112 · +43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 8▼ 11 vs year ago 22 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 14▼ 1 vs year ago 13 · −7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Heifer calves steady, Bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $256.45/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$256.45
33 head · 368 lb average
Value per head Derived
$943
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+43.30
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1352267.0094115thin
Medium and Large 2347258.9489910thin
Medium and Large 3423233.579878thin
One grade step is worth $33.43/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale33 hd
256.45
—
GA average16 barns · 1,263 hd
213.15
+43.30
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52581.001,2352thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33877.331,0353thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08075.008101thin

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)1,355$1,0714thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1423263.36/cwt260.00–267.001,1144
Steers—Medium and Large 1461255.02/cwt250.00–260.001,1767
Steers—Medium and Large 2480242.94/cwt240.00–246.001,1662
Steers—Medium and Large 3485235.05/cwt230.00–240.001,1402
Steers—Medium and Large 3502223.99/cwt220.00–226.001,1243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312223.58/cwt220.00–228.006985
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378215.14/cwt210.00–220.008134
Heifers—Medium and Large 3404206.02/cwt200.00–210.008324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408223.31/cwt220.00–230.009113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408213.47/cwt210.00–220.008713
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463196.47/cwt190.00–200.009103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466214.03/cwt210.00–220.009975
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480206.88/cwt200.00–210.009933
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2256274.28/cwt270.00–277.007024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1283281.02/cwt280.00–283.007953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308275.29/cwt270.00–277.008484
Bulls—Medium and Large 3375242.96/cwt240.00–244.009114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378254.12/cwt250.00–260.009613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383265.29/cwt260.00–268.001,0163
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411252.97/cwt250.00–257.001,0405
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438243.31/cwt240.00–250.001,0663
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470224.17/cwt220.00–228.001,0544
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08075.00/cwt75.00–75.008101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25572.00/cwt72.00–72.009041
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,2352
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3551,071.31/head1,025.00–1,125.001,0714

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.