Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-01-15

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 251▲ 193 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 44▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 10▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 2.00 higher, heifer calves and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $155.95/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$155.95
86 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.69
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1397172.8468726
Medium and Large 2366161.3259131
Medium and Large 3467135.0763029
One grade step is worth $37.77/cwt here — about $57 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 sale86 hd
155.95
—
GA average15 barns · 1,281 hd
142.26
+13.69
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
Bulls—Low1,57573.551,1582thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39452.277297thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96847.734628thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1—293194.96/cwt190.00–200.005712
BullsMedium and Large 1—336186.93/cwt185.00–190.006285
BullsMedium and Large 1—520143.11/cwt140.00–148.007445
BullsMedium and Large 1—367178.51/cwt175.00–182.006557
BullsMedium and Large 1—414172.02/cwt167.00–177.007127
BullsMedium and Large 2—283178.96/cwt175.00–185.005065
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,36863.51/cwt62.00–65.008692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,09955.25/cwt52.00–60.006074
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,24273.60/cwt68.00–78.009145
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,06872.46/cwt68.00–78.007744
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323147.92/cwt145.00–153.004786
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431144.79/cwt137.00–147.006246
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313128.60/cwt122.00–132.004033
SteersMedium and Large 2—318181.82/cwt180.00–185.005785
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,225929.46/cwt900.00–975.0011,3866
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,22357.36/cwt50.00–60.007023
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565118.27/cwt115.00–120.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526122.22/cwt120.00–127.006435
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410127.96/cwt122.00–132.005257
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585109.75/cwt105.00–112.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368122.59/cwt120.00–125.004514
HeifersMedium and Large 3—524115.51/cwt112.00–118.006057
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,49653.98/cwt50.00–56.008085
CowsLean 85-90%—91844.92/cwt41.00–47.004123
CowsLean 85-90%—99849.41/cwt48.00–52.004935
HeifersMedium and Large 1—392147.02/cwt145.00–150.005765
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521134.86/cwt130.00–137.007035
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463135.59/cwt130.00–140.006287
BullsMedium and Large 2—419156.14/cwt152.00–162.006547
BullsMedium and Large 3—625111.26/cwt107.00–117.006953
BullsMedium and Large 3—578116.51/cwt115.00–118.006734
BullsMedium and Large 3—434143.38/cwt140.00–147.006225
BullsMedium and Large 3—521123.96/cwt120.00–128.006467
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14048.00/cwt48.00–48.005472
BullsMedium and Large 2—452142.80/cwt140.00–145.006455
BullsMedium and Large 2—307168.86/cwt165.00–175.005187
BullsMedium and Large 3—330155.48/cwt150.00–160.005135
BullsMedium and Large 3—376151.06/cwt145.00–155.005685
Bulls——1,57573.55/cwt72.00–75.001,1582
BullsMedium and Large 2—372159.57/cwt157.00–163.005947

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.