Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2019-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.19/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$125.19

101 head · 403 lb average

Value per head Derived

$505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$11.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.18

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	131.42	625	31
Medium and Large 2	430	126.65	545	28
Medium and Large 3	333	119.62	398	42

One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about $227 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 sale101 hd

125.19

—

GA average15 barns · 1,142 hd

124.01

+1.18

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	—	Low	1,702	78.04	1,328	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,386	56.80	787	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,099	55.11	606	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	845	34.27	290	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	146.09/cwt	142.00–150.00	687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	141.62/cwt	135.00–145.00	719	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	125.02/cwt	122.00–128.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	602	116.65/cwt	110.00–120.00	702	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	133.36/cwt	130.00–138.00	645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	135.89/cwt	132.00–138.00	591	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	139.25/cwt	135.00–145.00	521	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	123.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	599	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	270	141.43/cwt	135.00–145.00	382	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	138.59/cwt	135.00–145.00	455	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	369	128.72/cwt	123.00–133.00	475	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	429	127.15/cwt	120.00–130.00	545	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	132.54/cwt	130.00–138.00	622	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	128.66/cwt	125.00–133.00	657	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	134.72/cwt	132.00–138.00	575	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	118.45/cwt	117.00–120.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	125.35/cwt	120.00–128.00	568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	129.67/cwt	125.00–133.00	477	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	126.78/cwt	120.00–130.00	554	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	281	122.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	345	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	121.22/cwt	118.00–128.00	389	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	116.27/cwt	110.00–120.00	434	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	138.91/cwt	133.00–143.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	146.19/cwt	145.00–148.00	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	142.14/cwt	137.00–147.00	615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	140.31/cwt	135.00–145.00	668	6
Bulls	—	—	1,555	70.04/cwt	69.00–71.00	1,089	2
Bulls	—	—	1,848	86.03/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,590	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,062	64.72/cwt	61.00–68.00	687	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,028	47.51/cwt	44.00–49.00	488	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	55.94/cwt	53.00–59.00	639	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	56.80/cwt	54.00–61.00	787	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	34.27/cwt	31.00–37.00	290	3

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.

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

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Wed May 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 325Last week 321Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 24Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	142.00–150.00	146.09
3	—	508	135.00–145.00	141.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	122.00–128.00	125.02
3	—	602	110.00–120.00	116.65
5	—	484	130.00–138.00	133.36
7	—	435	132.00–138.00	135.89
15	—	374	135.00–145.00	139.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	483	120.00–125.00	123.98
6	—	270	135.00–145.00	141.43
10	—	328	135.00–145.00	138.59
10	—	369	123.00–133.00	128.72
10	—	429	120.00–130.00	127.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	120.00–123.00	121.49
7	—	469	130.00–138.00	132.54
10	—	511	125.00–133.00	128.66
12	—	427	132.00–138.00	134.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	117.00–120.00	118.45
3	—	453	120.00–128.00	125.35
6	—	368	125.00–133.00	129.67
17	—	437	120.00–130.00	126.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	281	120.00–130.00	122.92
15	—	321	118.00–128.00	121.22
17	—	373	110.00–120.00	116.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	133.00–143.00	138.91
5	—	508	145.00–148.00	146.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	137.00–147.00	142.14
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	476	135.00–145.00	140.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	69.00–71.00	70.04
2	—	1,848	85.00–87.00	86.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,062	61.00–68.00	64.72
5	—	1,028	44.00–49.00	47.51
11	—	1,142	53.00–59.00	55.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,386	54.00–61.00	56.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	845	31.00–37.00	34.27

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.

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