Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.46/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$129.46

67 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$3.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.19

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	481	131.40	632	25
Medium and Large 2	444	128.31	570	42

One grade step is worth $3.09/cwt here — about $62 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 sale67 hd

129.46

—

GA average16 barns · 1,749 hd

124.27

+5.19

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	1,693	81.99	1,388	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	62.52	760	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	53.92	573	19

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	478	151.49/cwt	150.00–153.00	724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	138.54/cwt	137.00–140.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	119.60/cwt	119.00–123.00	726	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	137.50/cwt	137.00–138.00	722	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	440	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,114	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	150.03/cwt	145.00–153.00	632	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	124.14/cwt	120.00–125.00	767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	142.57/cwt	138.00–150.00	733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	136.62/cwt	133.00–140.00	779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	736	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	1,273.98/cwt	1,075.00–1,450.00	18,728	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	167.34/cwt	162.00–172.00	541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	597	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	126.38/cwt	123.00–130.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	132.39/cwt	125.00–137.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	117.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	141.83/cwt	138.00–148.00	679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	407	145.94/cwt	140.00–150.00	594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	143.06/cwt	138.00–148.00	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	323	143.42/cwt	142.00–145.00	463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	152.11/cwt	147.00–157.00	566	6
Bulls	—	—	1,693	81.99/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	139.39/cwt	137.00–145.00	599	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	55.03/cwt	50.00–57.00	591	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	482	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	63.89/cwt	60.00–67.00	778	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	156.64/cwt	150.00–162.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	109.70/cwt	105.00–112.00	680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	121.40/cwt	117.00–125.00	635	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	138.03/cwt	135.00–143.00	444	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	138.95/cwt	135.00–142.00	517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	128.72/cwt	122.00–132.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	293	142.32/cwt	137.00–145.00	417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	128.99/cwt	128.00–130.00	605	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	118.93/cwt	115.00–122.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	121.00/cwt	120.00–123.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	125.17/cwt	120.00–129.00	600	5

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 Jan 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 239Last week 375Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 28Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	150.00–153.00	151.49
2	—	520	137.00–140.00	138.54
3	—	395	173.00	173.00
7	—	607	119.00–123.00	119.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	165.00	165.00
2	—	525	137.00–138.00	137.50
3	—	479	138.00–148.00	141.83
3	—	407	140.00–150.00	145.94
6	—	372	147.00–157.00	152.11
4	—	318	150.00–162.00	156.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	138.00–148.00	143.06
2	—	323	142.00–145.00	143.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	145.00–153.00	150.03
6	—	618	120.00–125.00	124.14
2	—	323	162.00–172.00	167.34
2	—	373	160.00	160.00
2	—	575	123.00–130.00	126.38
3	—	532	125.00–137.00	132.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	514	138.00–150.00	142.57
3	—	570	133.00–140.00	136.62
8	—	460	160.00	160.00
1	—	355	173.00	173.00
2	—	635	125.00–130.00	127.48
1	—	305	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	557	115.00–120.00	117.24
3	—	620	105.00–112.00	109.70
10	—	523	117.00–125.00	121.40
8	—	322	135.00–143.00	138.03
6	—	372	135.00–142.00	138.95
3	—	417	122.00–132.00	128.72
3	—	293	137.00–145.00	142.32
5	—	479	120.00–129.00	125.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	430	137.00–145.00	139.39
8	—	469	128.00–130.00	128.99
3	—	617	115.00–122.00	118.93
3	—	565	120.00–123.00	121.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	55.00	55.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	82.50	82.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	80.00	80.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,470	1,075.00–1,450.00	1,273.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,693	80.00–84.00	81.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,074	50.00–57.00	55.03
3	—	1,005	48.00	48.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,217	60.00–67.00	63.89
3	—	1,200	52.00	52.00

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