Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2019-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $116.63/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$116.63

41 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$12.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.56

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	123.02	669	20
Medium and Large 3	540	110.53	597	21

One grade step is worth $12.49/cwt here — about $71 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 sale41 hd

116.63

—

GA average15 barns · 707 hd

124.18

−7.56

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	1,675	80.00	1,340	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,266	48.48	614	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	43.57	422	3thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	515	114.08/cwt	110.00–118.00	588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	119.20/cwt	112.00–122.00	564	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	140.41/cwt	135.00–145.00	383	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	119.81/cwt	117.00–125.00	485	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	134.38/cwt	130.00–138.00	443	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	477	112.28/cwt	110.00–115.00	536	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	381	126.55/cwt	122.00–130.00	482	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	113.40/cwt	110.00–120.00	486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	116.25/cwt	112.00–122.00	434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	105.09/cwt	100.00–110.00	429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	109.07/cwt	105.00–112.00	417	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	103.50/cwt	100.00–107.00	484	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	121.68/cwt	120.00–125.00	568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	123.26/cwt	117.00–125.00	687	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	102.52/cwt	100.00–105.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	529	113.48/cwt	113.00–115.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	486	112.79/cwt	110.00–118.00	548	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	109.09/cwt	105.00–115.00	627	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,250	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,625	2
Bulls	—	—	1,675	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,340	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	46.92/cwt	46.00–48.00	624	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	50.05/cwt	49.00–52.00	602	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	308	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	46.35/cwt	45.00–48.00	486	2

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 Oct 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 210Last week 237Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	515	110.00–118.00	114.08
5	—	473	112.00–122.00	119.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	107.00–110.00	108.49
4	—	273	135.00–145.00	140.41
5	—	405	117.00–125.00	119.81
6	—	330	130.00–138.00	134.38
6	—	477	110.00–115.00	112.28
7	—	381	122.00–130.00	126.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	110.00–120.00	113.40
6	—	373	112.00–122.00	116.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	100.00–110.00	105.09
6	—	382	105.00–112.00	109.07
6	—	468	100.00–107.00	103.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	120.00–125.00	121.68
17	—	557	117.00–125.00	123.26
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	100.00–105.00	102.52
4	—	529	113.00–115.00	113.48
7	—	486	110.00–118.00	112.79
8	—	575	105.00–115.00	109.09

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,330	46.00–48.00	46.92
3	—	1,202	49.00–52.00	50.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	38.00	38.00
2	—	1,048	45.00–48.00	46.35

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

Steers · 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