Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-04-15

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 15
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
7 vs last sale 110 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
0 vs last sale 20 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
15 vs last sale 2 17 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 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 2.00 higher, steer calves and heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $119.09/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$119.09
34 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$114
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$7.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.59
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3521123.0364015thin
Medium and Large 2650115.9975419thin
One grade step is worth $7.04/cwt here — about −$114 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 sale34 hd
119.09
GA average13 barns · 702 hd
121.68
−2.59
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
BullsHigh1,51584.331,2783thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07058.9263114
CowsLean 85-90%Low95450.814853thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1423144.21/cwt140.00–148.006104
BullsMedium and Large 1472136.18/cwt132.00–142.006436
BullsMedium and Large 2433132.43/cwt130.00–135.005734
BullsMedium and Large 2468123.59/cwt120.00–127.005784
BullsMedium and Large 2533114.93/cwt110.00–120.006134
BullsMedium and Large 2558113.52/cwt112.00–115.006334
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06366.62/cwt65.00–68.007082
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-389557.00/cwt57.00–57.005101
SteersMedium and Large 2523136.45/cwt135.00–138.007146
SteersMedium and Large 2736104.40/cwt100.00–105.007688
SteersMedium and Large 3575111.95/cwt107.00–117.006447
SteersMedium and Large 3473132.72/cwt130.00–137.006288
SteersMedium and Large 2666109.98/cwt109.00–114.007325
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,170850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,9452
CowsLean 85-90%93545.00/cwt45.00–45.004211
CowsLean 85-90%96353.71/cwt51.00–56.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 2483123.45/cwt120.00–127.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 3405120.04/cwt117.00–123.004864
HeifersMedium and Large 3483111.65/cwt109.00–113.005396
HeifersMedium and Large 3570103.97/cwt100.00–108.005938
BullsMedium and Large 3518113.55/cwt110.00–117.005884
Bulls1,40094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,3161
Bulls1,42584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,1971
Bulls1,72075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00363.06/cwt60.00–68.006326
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12155.81/cwt51.00–59.006268

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.