Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.46/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$126.46

58 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$9.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.14

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	398	133.65	531	12thin
Medium and Large 1	555	125.03	694	4thin
Medium and Large 3	420	124.55	523	42

One grade step is worth $9.10/cwt here — about $8 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 sale58 hd

126.46

—

GA average16 barns · 1,472 hd

123.33

+3.14

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	1,625	77.00	1,251	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,409	56.10	790	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	970	47.33	459	7thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	523	141.88/cwt	137.00–147.00	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	126.45/cwt	125.00–128.00	788	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	162.61/cwt	160.00–165.00	537	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	155.68/cwt	152.00–160.00	568	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	151.42/cwt	147.00–157.00	636	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	141.90/cwt	138.00–147.00	678	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	145.10/cwt	142.00–148.00	609	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	963	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,095	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	129.95/cwt	127.00–133.00	485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	121.01/cwt	117.00–125.00	576	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	145.90/cwt	142.00–150.00	839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	152.28/cwt	150.00–155.00	810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	150.98/cwt	147.00–155.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	160.97/cwt	157.00–165.00	504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	112.46/cwt	110.00–115.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	123.19/cwt	117.00–130.00	516	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	125.03/cwt	122.00–128.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	135.01/cwt	132.00–138.00	497	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	132.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	135.38/cwt	132.00–139.00	379	6
Bulls	—	—	1,625	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,251	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,409	56.10/cwt	53.00–58.00	790	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	54.22/cwt	52.00–57.00	618	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	843	42.16/cwt	40.00–45.00	355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	114.90/cwt	112.00–118.00	601	4

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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 239Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 28Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 23Year 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	—	523	137.00–147.00	141.88
4	—	623	125.00–128.00	126.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	160.00–165.00	162.61
6	—	365	152.00–160.00	155.68
8	—	420	147.00–157.00	151.42
8	—	478	138.00–147.00	141.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	142.00–148.00	145.10
4	—	313	157.00–165.00	160.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	142.00–150.00	145.90
6	—	532	150.00–155.00	152.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	147.00–155.00	150.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	127.00–133.00	129.95
8	—	476	117.00–125.00	121.01
4	—	580	110.00–115.00	112.46
10	—	419	117.00–130.00	123.19
6	—	280	132.00–139.00	135.38
4	—	330	130.00–135.00	132.42
4	—	523	112.00–118.00	114.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	122.00–128.00	125.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	132.00–138.00	135.01
6	—	427	130.00–135.00	132.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	78.00	78.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	61.00	61.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	77.00	77.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,409	53.00–58.00	56.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,140	52.00–57.00	54.22
4	—	843	40.00–45.00	42.16

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