Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2019-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and heifer calves steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $108.23/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$108.23

22 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$5.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.05

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	112.18	593	6thin
Medium and Large 3	537	106.75	573	16thin

One grade step is worth $5.44/cwt here — about $20 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 sale22 hd

108.23

—

GA average14 barns · 1,113 hd

117.28

−9.05

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	1,375	72.39	995	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	58.03	946	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,085	51.41	558	12

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2	—	565	111.51/cwt	110.00–113.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	129.96/cwt	127.00–133.00	474	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	128.48/cwt	127.00–130.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	103.98/cwt	100.00–108.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	714	87.98/cwt	83.00–91.00	628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	105.20/cwt	100.00–107.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	113.52/cwt	112.00–115.00	409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	113.98/cwt	112.00–115.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	103.01/cwt	102.00–105.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	107.43/cwt	105.00–110.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	105.04/cwt	102.00–108.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	122.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	127.24/cwt	125.00–130.00	597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	123.03/cwt	118.00–128.00	545	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,206	52.85/cwt	49.00–58.00	637	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	55.04/cwt	51.00–59.00	768	2
Bulls	—	—	1,375	72.39/cwt	69.00–75.00	995	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,072	55.33/cwt	54.00–60.00	593	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	48.61/cwt	45.00–52.00	532	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	58.03/cwt	57.00–59.00	946	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 Sep 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 131Last week 454Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 15Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	110.00–113.00	111.51
4	—	510	110.00–115.00	112.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	127.00–133.00	129.96
2	—	425	127.00–130.00	128.48
2	—	478	100.00–108.00	103.98
4	—	714	83.00–91.00	87.98
6	—	532	100.00–107.00	105.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	112.00–115.00	113.52
3	—	472	112.00–115.00	113.98
3	—	640	102.00–105.00	103.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	105.00–110.00	107.43
2	—	513	102.00–108.00	105.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	120.00–125.00	122.43
4	—	469	125.00–130.00	127.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	118.00–128.00	123.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,206	49.00–58.00	52.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,395	51.00–59.00	55.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	69.00–75.00	72.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,072	54.00–60.00	55.33
7	—	1,094	45.00–52.00	48.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,630	57.00–59.00	58.03

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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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle