Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-03-11

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 11
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
101 vs last sale 325 224 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
10 vs last sale 17 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
150 head
135 vs last sale 15 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 2.00 lower, steer calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, heifer calves and bull calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.33/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$126.33
47 head · 404 lb average
Value per head Derived
$511
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.44
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2440137.336043thin
Medium and Large 3402125.5750544
One grade step is worth $11.76/cwt here — about $100 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 sale47 hd
126.33
GA average16 barns · 1,398 hd
118.89
+7.44
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
BullsLow1,68488.001,4824thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32760.2980012
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06550.405376thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 3618104.91/cwt102.00–108.006482
BullsMedium and Large 3465136.45/cwt130.00–140.006346
BullsMedium and Large 3562122.30/cwt120.00–125.006876
BullsMedium and Large 3518129.41/cwt125.00–133.006708
BullsMedium and Large 3318162.39/cwt157.00–170.0051611
BullsMedium and Large 3377151.98/cwt145.00–158.0057311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5921,260.87/cwt1,125.00–1,375.0020,07336
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,365987.67/cwt900.00–1,050.0013,48212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01379.19/cwt74.00–85.008022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,36062.00/cwt62.00–62.008431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,19064.80/cwt63.00–69.007713
HeifersMedium and Large 3419120.65/cwt117.00–127.005067
HeifersMedium and Large 3364132.25/cwt127.00–134.0048113
SteersMedium and Large 3387160.22/cwt157.00–165.006205
SteersMedium and Large 3322167.86/cwt165.00–173.005417
SteersMedium and Large 3413149.54/cwt148.00–155.006187
SteersMedium and Large 3268171.92/cwt170.00–175.0046111
CowsLean 85-90%1,03652.32/cwt51.00–55.005424
HeifersMedium and Large 3466119.37/cwt116.00–125.0055614
HeifersMedium and Large 2440137.33/cwt132.00–140.006043
HeifersMedium and Large 3220146.97/cwt140.00–150.003233
HeifersMedium and Large 3592106.68/cwt105.00–110.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 3265132.34/cwt127.00–137.003514
Bulls1,57079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2401
Bulls1,69595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6101
Bulls1,73589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25556.23/cwt55.00–58.007064
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36362.32/cwt59.00–65.008498
CowsLean 85-90%1,12346.57/cwt45.00–48.005232

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.