Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $121.00/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$121.00

45 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$28.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.66

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	142.93	736	10thin
Medium and Large 2	651	114.74	747	33
Medium and Large 3	575	114.59	659	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.34/cwt here — about $77 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 sale45 hd

121.00

—

GA average14 barns · 698 hd

130.67

−9.66

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	—	Average	1,745	90.00	1,571	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,760	65.43	1,152	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,407	65.32	919	20

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1	—	263	160.16/cwt	155.00–163.00	421	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	123.92/cwt	120.00–128.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	277	152.11/cwt	150.00–157.00	421	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	132.32/cwt	130.00–135.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	107.95/cwt	102.00–112.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	148.56/cwt	145.00–152.00	468	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	124.19/cwt	122.00–128.00	727	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	689	110.20/cwt	109.00–112.00	759	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	106.69/cwt	100.00–110.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	126.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	468	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	142.93/cwt	140.00–145.00	736	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	115.98/cwt	110.00–119.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	114.59/cwt	112.00–117.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	105.95/cwt	101.00–110.00	758	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	112.73/cwt	100.00–118.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	124.00/cwt	120.00–125.00	601	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	113.85/cwt	110.00–118.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	110.94/cwt	107.00–115.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	102.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	122.69/cwt	120.00–128.00	561	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,472	63.77/cwt	60.00–67.00	939	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,760	65.43/cwt	61.00–67.00	1,152	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	621	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,401	69.84/cwt	68.00–71.00	978	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	129.54/cwt	125.00–132.00	547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	126.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	531	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	114.37/cwt	110.00–118.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	114.86/cwt	110.00–120.00	606	11
Bulls	—	—	1,745	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	127.21/cwt	122.00–132.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	102.54/cwt	100.00–105.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	123.96/cwt	122.00–127.00	580	4

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 May 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 170Last week 115Year ago 321

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 19Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	263	155.00–163.00	160.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	120.00–128.00	123.92
3	—	277	150.00–157.00	152.11
3	—	493	130.00–135.00	132.32
3	—	627	102.00–112.00	107.95
4	—	315	145.00–152.00	148.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	110.00–118.00	114.37
11	—	528	110.00–120.00	114.86
2	—	418	122.00–132.00	127.21
2	—	610	100.00–105.00	102.54
4	—	468	122.00–127.00	123.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	585	122.00–128.00	124.19
14	—	689	109.00–112.00	110.20
3	—	607	110.00–119.00	115.98
5	—	715	101.00–110.00	105.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	515	140.00–145.00	142.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	112.00–117.00	114.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	100.00–110.00	106.69
3	—	457	120.00–128.00	122.69
3	—	422	125.00–132.00	129.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	125.00–130.00	126.58
4	—	528	100.00–118.00	112.73
7	—	485	120.00–125.00	124.00
4	—	421	120.00–130.00	126.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	110.00–118.00	113.85
2	—	523	107.00–115.00	110.94
2	—	568	100.00–105.00	102.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,472	60.00–67.00	63.77
2	—	1,070	58.00	58.00
7	—	1,401	68.00–71.00	69.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,760	61.00–67.00	65.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	90.00	90.00

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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