Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2019-04-24

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 24
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
← earliestApr 24May 1 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
336 head
▲ 336 vs last sale 0▲ 336 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, Bull calves unevenly steady, Heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.93/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$142.93
98 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.38
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480143.9969181
Medium and Large 2439137.8660517thin
One grade step is worth $6.14/cwt here — about $86 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 sale98 hd
142.93
—
GA average14 barns · 1,511 hd
139.55
+3.38
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—Average1,64582.761,3612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08359.0163911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56055.008581thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98143.144234thin

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—403171.02/cwt167.00–175.006892
BullsMedium and Large 1—465155.03/cwt152.00–158.007212
BullsMedium and Large 1—313179.29/cwt175.00–185.005615
BullsMedium and Large 1—532147.99/cwt145.00–155.007879
BullsMedium and Large 1—563144.01/cwt140.00–150.008119
BullsMedium and Large 2—378162.58/cwt160.00–165.006152
BullsMedium and Large 2—431156.24/cwt152.00–158.006735
BullsMedium and Large 2—467149.11/cwt145.00–155.006967
BullsMedium and Large 3—218167.53/cwt165.00–170.003652
BullsMedium and Large 3—323154.96/cwt150.00–160.005012
BullsMedium and Large 3—420145.07/cwt142.00–148.006092
BullsMedium and Large 3—453138.51/cwt137.00–140.006272
BullsMedium and Large 3—380151.68/cwt145.00–155.005764
BullsMedium and Large 3—264164.54/cwt160.00–168.004345
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529143.24/cwt140.00–145.007584
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568133.26/cwt130.00–140.007577
HeifersMedium and Large 1—264162.84/cwt160.00–168.004308
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471145.35/cwt140.00–148.006858
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627131.29/cwt125.00–135.008238
HeifersMedium and Large 1—327159.47/cwt155.00–165.0052110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365152.71/cwt148.00–158.0055710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429148.81/cwt143.00–153.0063810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668127.00/cwt122.00–132.0084816
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473132.51/cwt130.00–135.006272
HeifersMedium and Large 2—677113.87/cwt110.00–118.007712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—633118.37/cwt115.00–120.007493
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371142.96/cwt140.00–145.005304
HeifersMedium and Large 2—297153.98/cwt150.00–158.004576
SteersMedium and Large 1—672146.64/cwt145.00–148.009853
SteersMedium and Large 1—475173.28/cwt168.00–178.008235
SteersMedium and Large 1—635147.71/cwt147.00–150.009388
SteersMedium and Large 2—518156.97/cwt155.00–158.008133
SteersMedium and Large 2—483164.98/cwt162.00–166.007974
SteersMedium and Large 3—465150.05/cwt145.00–155.006982
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,020725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,3952
Bulls——1,64582.76/cwt81.00–84.001,3612
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25551.00/cwt51.00–51.006401
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01064.98/cwt62.00–69.006564
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10356.37/cwt54.00–60.006226
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56055.00/cwt55.00–55.008581
CowsLean 85-90%—98143.14/cwt41.00–46.004234

How this sale compares

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.