Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-04-01

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 1
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
168 head
2 vs last sale 166 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
17 vs last sale 16 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
2 vs last sale 23 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls sharply lower, Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, Feeder Bulls 5.00 lower, Steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves 8.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.75/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$131.75
23 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.13
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2554137.4276110thin
Medium and Large 3548127.3869713thin
One grade step is worth $10.04/cwt here — about $63 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 sale23 hd
131.75
GA average12 barns · 363 hd
140.88
−9.13
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
BullsLow1,66878.001,3012thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36744.5961017
CowsLean 85-90%Average89638.213426thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 2673111.49/cwt110.00–113.007502
BullsMedium and Large 3668106.48/cwt105.00–108.007112
BullsMedium and Large 3515127.23/cwt125.00–128.006554
BullsMedium and Large 3485129.63/cwt127.00–137.006295
BullsMedium and Large 3605111.40/cwt110.00–113.006745
Bulls1,44575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0841
SteersMedium and Large 2410157.56/cwt155.00–160.006462
SteersMedium and Large 2467150.00/cwt145.00–155.007013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,340775.00/cwt775.00–775.0010,3852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08082.00/cwt82.00–82.008861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,27592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,18062.00/cwt62.00–62.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 362594.88/cwt90.00–100.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 3493108.01/cwt105.00–110.005325
HeifersMedium and Large 3583106.02/cwt100.00–108.006187
SteersMedium and Large 2663121.82/cwt120.00–129.008085
SteersMedium and Large 3519129.98/cwt125.00–132.006756
SteersMedium and Large 3572125.16/cwt120.00–126.007167
Bulls1,89081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,5311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36744.59/cwt41.00–47.0061017
CowsLean 85-90%82843.78/cwt42.00–45.003622
CowsLean 85-90%93035.43/cwt32.00–38.003294
HeifersMedium and Large 2463122.36/cwt120.00–125.005673
HeifersMedium and Large 2520112.02/cwt110.00–114.005834

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.