Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.55/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$135.55

109 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$6.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.18

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	137.78	732	39
Medium and Large 2	450	136.62	614	42
Medium and Large 3	387	130.83	506	28

One grade step is worth $6.95/cwt here — about $225 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 sale109 hd

135.55

—

GA average14 barns · 1,323 hd

130.36

+5.18

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	—	High	1,622	88.54	1,436	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,003	53.97	541	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	860	50.50	434	2thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	314	200.15/cwt	192.00–202.00	628	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	134.82/cwt	130.00–138.00	766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	124.52/cwt	122.00–127.00	753	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	184.82/cwt	180.00–190.00	591	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	163.93/cwt	160.00–168.00	775	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	452	155.41/cwt	152.00–158.00	702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	147.48/cwt	145.00–150.00	782	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,789	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	795	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	114.65/cwt	112.00–117.00	780	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	135.81/cwt	132.00–140.00	570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	121.03/cwt	118.00–125.00	683	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	140.71/cwt	137.00–145.00	806	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	132.34/cwt	130.00–135.00	810	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	146.98/cwt	142.00–152.00	894	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.55/cwt	132.00–138.00	641	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	147.15/cwt	142.00–152.00	550	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	152.15/cwt	147.00–157.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	112.47/cwt	110.00–115.00	821	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	161.87/cwt	157.00–167.00	607	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	144.10/cwt	140.00–150.00	684	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	403	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	133.45/cwt	130.00–137.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	113.57/cwt	110.00–117.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	125.58/cwt	120.00–130.00	534	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	139.21/cwt	135.00–143.00	439	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	337	174.28/cwt	170.00–178.00	587	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	357	168.94/cwt	165.00–175.00	603	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	162.99/cwt	160.00–167.00	717	9
Bulls	—	—	1,690	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,656	1
Bulls	—	—	1,588	83.81/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,331	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,003	53.97/cwt	53.00–55.00	541	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 Feb 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 254Last week 199Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	314	192.00–202.00	200.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	130.00–138.00	134.82
6	—	605	122.00–127.00	124.52
9	—	320	180.00–190.00	184.82
10	—	473	160.00–168.00	163.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	452	152.00–158.00	155.41
9	—	337	170.00–178.00	174.28
9	—	357	165.00–175.00	168.94
9	—	440	160.00–167.00	162.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	145.00–150.00	147.48
9	—	573	137.00–145.00	140.71
9	—	612	130.00–135.00	132.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	608	142.00–152.00	146.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	680	112.00–117.00	114.65
6	—	428	147.00–157.00	152.15
6	—	730	110.00–115.00	112.47
9	—	375	157.00–167.00	161.87
9	—	475	140.00–150.00	144.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	132.00–140.00	135.81
9	—	564	118.00–125.00	121.03
12	—	473	132.00–138.00	135.55
15	—	374	142.00–152.00	147.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	130.00–137.00	133.45
4	—	530	110.00–117.00	113.57
8	—	425	120.00–130.00	125.58
12	—	315	135.00–143.00	139.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,005	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	89.00	89.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	48.00	48.00
1	—	880	53.00	53.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	53.00–55.00	53.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	98.00	98.00
2	—	1,588	81.00–87.00	83.81

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