Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2019-05-08

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, May 8
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 353 vs last sale 551▲ 198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 27▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 12▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.99/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$130.99
63 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.55
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2441132.2058335
Medium and Large 3347129.4945028
One grade step is worth $2.70/cwt here — about $134 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 sale63 hd
130.99
—
GA average15 barns · 1,252 hd
126.44
+4.55
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—Average1,78083.071,4792thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06751.2054715
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02042.704363thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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—692136.48/cwt135.00–138.009442
BullsMedium and Large 2—457142.02/cwt138.00–148.006493
BullsMedium and Large 2—333155.70/cwt150.00–160.005188
BullsMedium and Large 3—458129.65/cwt127.00–135.005943
BullsMedium and Large 3—585121.61/cwt120.00–125.007113
BullsMedium and Large 3—519127.23/cwt125.00–130.006604
BullsMedium and Large 3—274145.81/cwt142.00–150.004005
BullsMedium and Large 3—379149.11/cwt143.00–153.005658
HeifersMedium and Large 2—673116.52/cwt115.00–118.007842
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575124.03/cwt122.00–125.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318140.17/cwt137.00–147.004465
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379137.69/cwt135.00–140.005227
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418134.16/cwt130.00–140.005617
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473128.90/cwt122.00–132.0061011
HeifersMedium and Large 3—410114.37/cwt110.00–118.004693
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535113.02/cwt112.00–115.006053
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370122.71/cwt120.00–130.004545
HeifersMedium and Large 3—271141.17/cwt135.00–145.003838
HeifersMedium and Large 3—319133.41/cwt130.00–135.004269
SteersMedium and Large 1—559153.95/cwt150.00–158.008612
SteersMedium and Large 2—743122.62/cwt120.00–128.009113
SteersMedium and Large 3—530137.59/cwt135.00–140.007292
SteersMedium and Large 3—336150.72/cwt147.00–155.005063
SteersMedium and Large 3—418144.12/cwt140.00–148.006024
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98564.81/cwt60.00–68.006382
Bulls——1,78083.07/cwt82.00–84.001,4792
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14347.85/cwt45.00–50.005476
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01753.44/cwt51.00–56.005439
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02042.70/cwt41.00–44.004363

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.