Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-11-27

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2023-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 27

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Nov 13Nov 27Dec 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

106 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 161▼ 180 vs year ago 286 · −62.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 11▼ 6 vs year ago 30 · −20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to no sale the previous week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $212.54/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$212.54

10 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$8.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.27

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	218.99	1,123	2thin
Medium and Large 3	520	210.93	1,097	8thin

One grade step is worth $8.06/cwt here — about $27 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 sale10 hd

212.54

—

GA average4 barns · 229 hd

210.28

+2.27

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	2,060	115.00	2,369	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,343	80.94	1,087	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	64.70	652	3thin

Every lot

12 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	423	187.70/cwt	184.00–190.00	794	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	207.53/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,017	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	213.01/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,082	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	237.32/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,004	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	477	213.22/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,017	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	513	218.99/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,123	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	730	167.92/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,226	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,060	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,369	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	62.55/cwt	60.00–66.00	610	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	742	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	870	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,389	82.43/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,145	4

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Mon Nov 27, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 106Last week 161Year ago 286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 11Year ago 30

No trend due to no sale the previous week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	75.00	75.00
4	—	1,389	80.00–86.00	82.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	60.00–66.00	62.55
1	—	1,075	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,060	115.00	115.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	423	184.00–190.00	187.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	205.00–210.00	207.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	210.00–216.00	213.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	210.00–220.00	213.22
3	—	423	236.00–238.00	237.32
2	—	730	164.00–172.00	167.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	218.00–220.00	218.99

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.