Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-03-04

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 4
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 254▲ 325 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 12▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves and bull calves 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 $136.21/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$136.21
104 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.41
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525138.157259thin
Medium and Large 2460137.1363162
Medium and Large 3371133.9549733
One grade step is worth $4.20/cwt here — about $228 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 sale104 hd
136.21
—
GA average14 barns · 1,700 hd
131.80
+4.41
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—Low1,63980.781,3243thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33361.098153thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97347.684643thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 3—413164.12/cwt160.00–168.006784
BullsMedium and Large 3—326172.99/cwt170.00–178.005645
SteersMedium and Large 3—406158.54/cwt154.00–162.0064426
SteersMedium and Large 2—638131.24/cwt130.00–135.008378
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—740650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,8102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—60575.00/cwt75.00–75.004541
BullsMedium and Large 1—325195.23/cwt190.00–200.006344
BullsMedium and Large 1—570143.91/cwt140.00–147.008205
BullsMedium and Large 2—328186.22/cwt180.00–190.006115
BullsMedium and Large 2—375181.67/cwt177.00–185.006815
HeifersMedium and Large 3—328141.91/cwt137.00–145.004658
HeifersMedium and Large 1—657114.51/cwt110.00–116.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419157.07/cwt152.00–162.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 2—577120.85/cwt117.00–125.006979
SteersMedium and Large 3—381163.63/cwt160.00–165.006237
SteersMedium and Large 3—467150.47/cwt146.00–152.0070319
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525115.73/cwt110.00–120.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 3—266144.27/cwt140.00–147.003847
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530131.17/cwt129.00–135.0069511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379141.76/cwt140.00–148.0053714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—436142.38/cwt140.00–145.0062128
HeifersMedium and Large 3—364133.52/cwt130.00–137.004867
Bulls——1,56072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1231
Bulls——1,67885.17/cwt82.00–88.001,4292
CowsBoner 80-85%—95057.00/cwt57.00–57.005421
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,52563.14/cwt62.00–64.009632
CowsLean 85-90%—97347.68/cwt44.00–49.004643
HeifersMedium and Large 3—414129.26/cwt125.00–132.005355

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.