Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.81/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$109.81

53 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$579

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$7.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.46

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	114.79	609	18thin
Medium and Large 2	551	107.32	591	27
Medium and Large 3	443	106.97	473	8thin

One grade step is worth $7.82/cwt here — about $135 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 sale53 hd

109.81

—

GA average16 barns · 1,375 hd

109.34

+0.46

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	1,595	67.00	1,069	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,428	46.22	660	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	41.27	443	3thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	377	156.79/cwt	155.00–158.00	591	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	149.82/cwt	145.00–153.00	619	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	154.77/cwt	150.00–160.00	518	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	142.45/cwt	140.00–145.00	510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	127.38/cwt	125.00–130.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	134.02/cwt	130.00–137.00	563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	106.52/cwt	105.00–108.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	110.02/cwt	107.00–113.00	589	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	115.51/cwt	110.00–120.00	541	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	105.00/cwt	104.00–106.00	711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	119.69/cwt	119.00–122.00	547	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	117.54/cwt	115.00–120.00	515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	99.51/cwt	98.00–101.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	115.36/cwt	113.00–118.00	542	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	101.37/cwt	99.00–103.00	628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	104.15/cwt	103.00–105.00	591	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	112.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	101.51/cwt	100.00–103.00	528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	114.35/cwt	110.00–119.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	123.35/cwt	118.00–128.00	575	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	121.23/cwt	115.00–124.00	703	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	577	106.71/cwt	105.00–110.00	616	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,719	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,018	48.84/cwt	46.00–54.00	497	3
Bulls	—	—	1,595	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,069	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,870	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	916	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	45.66/cwt	44.00–47.00	612	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	524	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	39.91/cwt	39.00–41.00	405	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 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 256Last week 240Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 35Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 25Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	155.00–158.00	156.79
5	—	413	145.00–153.00	149.82
7	—	335	150.00–160.00	154.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	140.00–145.00	142.45
4	—	473	125.00–130.00	127.38
6	—	420	130.00–137.00	134.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	105.00–108.00	106.52
6	—	535	107.00–113.00	110.02
8	—	468	110.00–120.00	115.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	677	104.00–106.00	105.00
12	—	457	119.00–122.00	119.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	115.00–120.00	117.54
4	—	655	98.00–101.00	99.51
6	—	470	113.00–118.00	115.36
6	—	620	99.00–103.00	101.37
7	—	567	103.00–105.00	104.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	110.00–115.00	112.43
4	—	520	100.00–103.00	101.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	110.00–119.00	114.35
7	—	466	118.00–128.00	123.35
13	—	580	115.00–124.00	121.23
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	105.00–110.00	106.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,375	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,018	46.00–54.00	48.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	49.00	49.00
5	—	1,340	44.00–47.00	45.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	44.00	44.00
2	—	1,015	39.00–41.00	39.91

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

Heifers · 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