Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2019-09-11

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 11
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
44 vs last sale 131 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
7 vs last sale 26 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 8 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady to 3.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $101.32/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$101.32
34 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.62
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2530105.2555818thin
Medium and Large 351096.8949416thin
One grade step is worth $8.36/cwt here — about $64 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 sale34 hd
101.32
GA average16 barns · 1,333 hd
104.94
−3.62
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31652.466908thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,58748.677723thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91840.873753thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 2308139.98/cwt137.00–143.004314
BullsMedium and Large 2383134.58/cwt132.00–137.005154
BullsMedium and Large 367887.04/cwt85.00–89.005902
BullsMedium and Large 3368125.10/cwt120.00–130.004604
BullsMedium and Large 3418114.91/cwt110.00–120.004804
BullsMedium and Large 3488113.94/cwt110.00–118.005564
BullsMedium and Large 3530108.51/cwt107.00–110.005754
BullsMedium and Large 3279146.90/cwt142.00–150.004105
HeifersMedium and Large 2485111.53/cwt110.00–113.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 2313116.49/cwt110.00–120.003653
HeifersMedium and Large 268492.38/cwt90.00–95.006325
HeifersMedium and Large 2526107.51/cwt105.00–110.005668
HeifersMedium and Large 351091.73/cwt90.00–95.004683
HeifersMedium and Large 360887.74/cwt85.00–93.005333
HeifersMedium and Large 3480101.19/cwt100.00–107.0048610
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-399556.52/cwt52.00–61.005622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31652.46/cwt49.00–55.006908
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58748.67/cwt45.00–53.007723
CowsLean 85-90%91840.87/cwt37.00–45.003753

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.