Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2019-08-14

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Aug 14
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 314 vs last sale 454▲ 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 60▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 31▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, steer calves 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifer calves and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.06/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$117.06
30 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$518
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.74
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2463120.5355810thin
Medium and Large 3432115.3349820
One grade step is worth $5.20/cwt here — about $60 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 sale30 hd
117.06
—
GA average16 barns · 912 hd
108.32
+8.74
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—Low1,51880.001,2142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16356.386557thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06854.505822thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 2—525122.57/cwt120.00–125.006432
BullsMedium and Large 3—523114.83/cwt110.00–120.006012
BullsMedium and Large 3—430124.61/cwt120.00–127.005363
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375124.74/cwt122.00–130.004683
HeifersMedium and Large 2—457121.01/cwt119.00–122.005533
HeifersMedium and Large 2—534117.01/cwt115.00–120.006254
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360117.47/cwt115.00–120.004232
HeifersMedium and Large 3—462116.03/cwt115.00–118.005365
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330119.57/cwt117.00–122.003956
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519110.57/cwt108.00–112.005747
SteersMedium and Large 2—408133.65/cwt132.00–137.005453
SteersMedium and Large 3—560114.02/cwt113.00–115.006392
SteersMedium and Large 3—435126.70/cwt125.00–130.005513
SteersMedium and Large 3—619115.56/cwt112.00–116.007159
SteersMedium and Large 3—525122.23/cwt120.00–127.0064212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,234922.64/cwt850.00–1,000.0011,3858
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—998737.97/cwt675.00–800.007,3654
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—83582.00/cwt82.00–82.006851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,06585.00/cwt85.00–85.009052
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,19567.00/cwt67.00–67.008011
Bulls——1,01078.00/cwt78.00–78.007881
Bulls——2,02582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,6611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34060.00/cwt60.00–60.008041
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13355.78/cwt51.00–59.006326
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05053.00/cwt53.00–53.005571
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08556.00/cwt56.00–56.006081

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.