Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-07-08

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 8
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 116▼ 44 vs year ago 136 · −32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 6▼ 11 vs year ago 13 · −84.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 12▲ 7 vs year ago 2 · +350.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends Available this week due to Holiday

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $242.88/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −135.10 against this barn's trailing median of $377.98.
Average price
$242.88
2 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−8.58
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3573242.881,3922thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
242.88
—
GA average4 barns · 56 hd
251.46
−8.58
This barn, trailing median3 sales
377.98
−135.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
419361303245median 377.9804/1304/1306/0810/1210/12
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $405.00, low $259.30, median $377.98 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,520128.001,9461thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,060124.001,3141thin

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)645$8002thin

Every lot

13 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378301.29/cwt300.00–304.001,1393
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380283.04/cwt280.00–286.001,0762
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438282.95/cwt280.00–286.001,2392
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1293352.52/cwt350.00–355.001,0332
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323335.35/cwt330.00–340.001,0832
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378317.62/cwt315.00–320.001,2012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1443301.67/cwt300.00–303.001,3363
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463294.98/cwt292.00–298.001,3662
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3488262.62/cwt260.00–266.001,2823
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573242.88/cwt240.00–246.001,3922
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,520128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,9461
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3141
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2645800.00/head800.00–800.008002

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.