Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2019-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.04/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$118.04

50 head · 457 lb average

Value per head Derived

$539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$39

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

$21.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.82

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	378	131.12	495	16thin
Medium and Large 1	518	119.53	619	8thin
Medium and Large 3	487	109.53	534	26

One grade step is worth $21.58/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale50 hd

118.04

—

GA average16 barns · 1,543 hd

112.22

+5.82

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	—	Average	1,350	77.00	1,040	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,118	52.50	587	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	930	43.89	408	6thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	468	125.08/cwt	122.00–128.00	585	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	113.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	132.45/cwt	130.00–135.00	514	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	137.40/cwt	135.00–140.00	453	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	123.94/cwt	120.00–127.00	518	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	118.44/cwt	117.00–120.00	438	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	116.54/cwt	115.00–118.00	484	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	108.99/cwt	105.00–112.00	526	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	106.68/cwt	105.00–108.00	565	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	102.32/cwt	100.00–105.00	588	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	112.98/cwt	111.00–115.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	117.32/cwt	115.00–120.00	489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	111.68/cwt	107.00–115.00	463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	114.39/cwt	110.00–118.00	430	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	105.93/cwt	100.00–110.00	500	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	127.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	125.98/cwt	122.00–128.00	716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	656	6
Bulls	—	—	1,350	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,040	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	905	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	498	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	665	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	40.46/cwt	38.00–43.00	377	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	47.32/cwt	45.00–50.00	439	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 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 228Last week 175Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 33Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	122.00–128.00	125.08
4	—	568	110.00–118.00	113.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	130.00–135.00	132.45
6	—	330	135.00–140.00	137.40
6	—	418	120.00–127.00	123.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	117.00–120.00	118.44
4	—	415	115.00–118.00	116.54
6	—	483	105.00–112.00	108.99
6	—	530	105.00–108.00	106.68
6	—	575	100.00–105.00	102.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	490	111.00–115.00	112.98
4	—	543	110.00–115.00	112.49
6	—	417	115.00–120.00	117.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	107.00–115.00	111.68
7	—	376	110.00–118.00	114.39
15	—	472	100.00–110.00	105.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	125.00–130.00	127.58
6	—	568	122.00–128.00	125.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	110.00–120.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	77.00	77.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,330	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	38.00–43.00	40.46
3	—	928	45.00–50.00	47.32

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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