Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.84/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$108.84

56 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$199

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$29.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	365	128.08	467	3thin
Medium and Large 3	507	108.67	551	48
Medium and Large 1	673	98.98	666	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.10/cwt here — about −$199 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 sale56 hd

108.84

—

GA average15 barns · 1,088 hd

116.74

−7.89

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,524	91.32	1,392	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,318	67.24	886	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	48.45	508	6thin

Every lot, as filed

27 lots · USDA AMS · Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	143.21/cwt	140.00–148.00	533	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	119.72/cwt	116.00–123.00	569	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	372	133.46/cwt	130.00–137.00	496	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	526	112.63/cwt	110.00–119.00	592	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	691	94.41/cwt	92.00–95.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	622	95.15/cwt	94.00–100.00	592	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	136.55/cwt	130.00–139.00	503	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	7,021	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	128.08/cwt	122.00–131.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	122.27/cwt	120.00–124.00	450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	101.56/cwt	100.00–104.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	114.64/cwt	114.00–116.00	490	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	136.20/cwt	130.00–138.00	658	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	130.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	699	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	633	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	46.74/cwt	43.00–49.00	484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	481	109.90/cwt	105.00–113.00	529	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	564	104.80/cwt	100.00–108.00	591	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	106.63/cwt	103.00–110.00	549	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	98.98/cwt	95.00–100.00	666	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	556	105.64/cwt	105.00–108.00	587	8
Bulls	—	—	1,520	87.19/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,325	3
Bulls	—	—	1,526	93.80/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,431	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	53.48/cwt	52.00–55.00	606	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	65.29/cwt	63.00–68.00	829	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	70.67/cwt	69.00–73.00	974	12

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Wed Apr 22, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 177Last week 103Year ago 336

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 20Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 17Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	372	140.00–148.00	143.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	116.00–123.00	119.72
5	—	372	130.00–137.00	133.46
5	—	526	110.00–119.00	112.63
5	—	691	92.00–95.00	94.41
6	—	622	94.00–100.00	95.15
8	—	556	105.00–108.00	105.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	368	130.00–139.00	136.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	483	130.00–138.00	136.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	536	130.00–135.00	130.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	122.00–131.00	128.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	120.00–124.00	122.27
5	—	625	100.00–104.00	101.56
6	—	427	114.00–116.00	114.64
10	—	481	105.00–113.00	109.90
11	—	564	100.00–108.00	104.80
12	—	515	103.00–110.00	106.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	673	95.00–100.00	98.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,025	685.00	685.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	63.00	63.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	57.00	57.00
5	—	1,035	43.00–49.00	46.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	52.00–55.00	53.48
7	—	1,269	63.00–68.00	65.29
12	—	1,378	69.00–73.00	70.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,520	84.00–89.00	87.19
5	—	1,526	91.00–95.00	93.80

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Moultrie

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle