Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer 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 $129.70/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$129.70

92 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$11.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.99

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	447	131.74	588	43
Medium and Large 1	545	131.43	717	33
Medium and Large 3	447	120.64	539	16thin

One grade step is worth $11.10/cwt here — about $50 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 sale92 hd

129.70

—

GA average15 barns · 1,202 hd

126.71

+2.99

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	50.00	490	2thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	407	159.36/cwt	155.00–163.00	649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	135.04/cwt	132.00–138.00	772	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	121.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	815	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	118.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	809	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	437	149.66/cwt	147.00–152.00	654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	137.34/cwt	135.00–140.00	718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	133.02/cwt	130.00–137.00	585	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	139.48/cwt	137.00–142.00	802	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	156.34/cwt	152.00–162.00	672	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	123.63/cwt	120.00–126.00	826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	162.08/cwt	157.00–167.00	783	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,278	61.59/cwt	60.00–63.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	108.98/cwt	108.00–110.00	837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	116.51/cwt	115.00–118.00	623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	109.05/cwt	105.00–113.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	111.06/cwt	109.00–113.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	144.10/cwt	140.00–147.00	461	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	109.64/cwt	107.00–112.00	778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	155.49/cwt	150.00–160.00	578	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	128.93/cwt	125.00–132.00	606	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	123.98/cwt	120.00–127.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	118.01/cwt	115.00–120.00	684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	147.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	602	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	449	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	532	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	293	148.03/cwt	144.00–150.00	434	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	133.57/cwt	130.00–137.00	347	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	123.44/cwt	120.00–127.00	510	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	133.34/cwt	130.00–135.00	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	613	120.00/cwt	117.00–123.00	736	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	336	163.56/cwt	160.00–165.00	550	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	156.18/cwt	152.00–160.00	508	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	114.10/cwt	110.00–118.00	713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	367	154.24/cwt	150.00–158.00	566	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	285	163.52/cwt	160.00–165.00	466	7

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 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 217Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 17Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	407	155.00–163.00	159.36
6	—	572	132.00–138.00	135.04
6	—	670	120.00–125.00	121.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	683	117.00–120.00	118.49
6	—	437	147.00–152.00	149.66
6	—	523	135.00–140.00	137.34
6	—	613	117.00–123.00	120.00
12	—	336	160.00–165.00	163.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	152.00–160.00	156.18
4	—	625	110.00–118.00	114.10
6	—	367	150.00–158.00	154.24
7	—	285	160.00–165.00	163.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	440	130.00–137.00	133.02
4	—	625	109.00–113.00	111.06
6	—	320	140.00–147.00	144.10
6	—	470	125.00–132.00	128.93
6	—	535	120.00–127.00	123.98
6	—	580	115.00–120.00	118.01
9	—	293	144.00–150.00	148.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	658	112.00–115.00	113.48
4	—	768	108.00–110.00	108.98
6	—	710	107.00–112.00	109.64
9	—	372	150.00–160.00	155.49
4	—	408	145.00–150.00	147.55
6	—	508	130.00–135.00	133.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	115.00–118.00	116.51
4	—	578	105.00–113.00	109.05
4	—	260	130.00–137.00	133.57
4	—	413	120.00–127.00	123.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	137.00–142.00	139.48
6	—	430	152.00–162.00	156.34
6	—	668	120.00–126.00	123.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	157.00–167.00	162.08

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)	2	—	1,278	60.00–63.00	61.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	46.00	46.00
1	—	985	54.00	54.00

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