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
BullsLow1,63980.781,3243thin
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 3413164.12/cwt160.00–168.006784
BullsMedium and Large 3326172.99/cwt170.00–178.005645
SteersMedium and Large 3406158.54/cwt154.00–162.0064426
SteersMedium and Large 2638131.24/cwt130.00–135.008378
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3740650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,8102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-260575.00/cwt75.00–75.004541
BullsMedium and Large 1325195.23/cwt190.00–200.006344
BullsMedium and Large 1570143.91/cwt140.00–147.008205
BullsMedium and Large 2328186.22/cwt180.00–190.006115
BullsMedium and Large 2375181.67/cwt177.00–185.006815
HeifersMedium and Large 3328141.91/cwt137.00–145.004658
HeifersMedium and Large 1657114.51/cwt110.00–116.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 1419157.07/cwt152.00–162.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 2577120.85/cwt117.00–125.006979
SteersMedium and Large 3381163.63/cwt160.00–165.006237
SteersMedium and Large 3467150.47/cwt146.00–152.0070319
HeifersMedium and Large 3525115.73/cwt110.00–120.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 3266144.27/cwt140.00–147.003847
HeifersMedium and Large 2530131.17/cwt129.00–135.0069511
HeifersMedium and Large 2379141.76/cwt140.00–148.0053714
HeifersMedium and Large 2436142.38/cwt140.00–145.0062128
HeifersMedium and Large 3364133.52/cwt130.00–137.004867
Bulls1,56072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1231
Bulls1,67885.17/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 3414129.26/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.