Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-01-29

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 29
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 110▲ 23 vs year ago 109 · +21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 19▼ 13 vs year ago 19 · −68.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 50 vs year ago 56 · −89.3%
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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 $270.70/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$270.70
50 head · 343 lb average
Value per head Derived
$930
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.99
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1334282.5694414thin
Medium and Large 2332272.7090520
Medium and Large 3366257.8394316thin
One grade step is worth $24.73/cwt here — about $2 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 sale50 hd
270.70
—
GA average16 barns · 1,175 hd
248.71
+21.99
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26888.041,1162thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00579.007941thin

Every lot

21 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3285233.11/cwt230.00–236.006642
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329224.32/cwt220.00–230.007384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360235.26/cwt230.00–238.008473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373226.69/cwt220.00–230.008465
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378221.15/cwt217.00–224.008366
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413206.45/cwt200.00–210.008533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425223.62/cwt220.00–227.009502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481223.74/cwt220.00–227.001,0764
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265290.14/cwt275.00–300.007694
Bulls—Medium and Large 2279285.12/cwt280.00–287.007955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1302285.37/cwt282.00–292.008623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2314274.72/cwt270.00–280.008637
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328266.15/cwt260.00–270.008738
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370255.72/cwt250.00–260.009463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373281.02/cwt275.00–285.001,0484
Bulls—Medium and Large 2381263.16/cwt260.00–270.001,0038
Bulls—Medium and Large 1407271.68/cwt270.00–275.001,1063
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423245.78/cwt240.00–250.001,0405
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00579.00/cwt79.00–79.007941
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26888.04/cwt87.00–89.001,1162
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2940114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0721

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.