Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-06-17

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jun 17
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 112▼ 4 vs year ago 303 · −1.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 23▲ 3 vs year ago 35 · +8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 1▲ 3 vs year ago 12 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.68/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$120.68
108 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$1
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.57
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478129.0761713thin
Medium and Large 3432122.3852943
Medium and Large 2528117.1761852
One grade step is worth $11.90/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale108 hd
120.68
—
GA average17 barns · 1,929 hd
120.11
+0.57
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
Bulls—Average1,65395.001,5701thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70073.991,2583thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15869.9481024
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00154.335444thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 2—479135.47/cwt132.00–138.006497
BullsMedium and Large 2—618115.49/cwt112.00–118.007148
BullsMedium and Large 3—672101.67/cwt100.00–105.006833
BullsMedium and Large 3—72891.61/cwt90.00–95.006673
BullsMedium and Large 3—519121.51/cwt117.00–127.006318
BullsMedium and Large 3—611105.52/cwt100.00–110.006458
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,06678.50/cwt76.00–84.008374
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—97065.33/cwt61.00–69.006342
SteersMedium and Large 3—430140.16/cwt137.00–143.006037
SteersMedium and Large 3—477136.50/cwt132.00–140.006517
SteersMedium and Large 1—663123.67/cwt121.00–126.008206
SteersMedium and Large 1—556133.52/cwt130.00–138.007429
SteersMedium and Large 2—561127.36/cwt125.00–130.007146
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,59073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,1611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—687103.33/cwt100.00–105.007103
HeifersMedium and Large 3—419124.43/cwt120.00–128.0052110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465123.62/cwt120.00–127.0057510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—442123.62/cwt120.00–130.0054611
SteersMedium and Large 2—608124.98/cwt120.00–127.007607
SteersMedium and Large 2—530134.20/cwt130.00–139.007118
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526120.97/cwt117.00–125.006368
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569114.45/cwt110.00–118.0065113
HeifersMedium and Large 3—319128.51/cwt125.00–132.004104
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585111.51/cwt110.00–113.006524
HeifersMedium and Large 3—276134.62/cwt130.00–137.003728
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478129.07/cwt125.00–132.0061713
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,70073.99/cwt70.00–77.001,2583
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04045.00/cwt45.00–45.004681
CowsLean 85-90%—98857.44/cwt55.00–59.005683
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473120.62/cwt118.00–123.005718
HeifersMedium and Large 3—533112.90/cwt110.00–115.006029
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608104.44/cwt101.00–107.006357
BullsMedium and Large 3—428133.83/cwt130.00–137.0057311
BullsMedium and Large 3—465125.47/cwt120.00–130.0058313
Bulls——1,65395.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5701
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13084.41/cwt82.00–87.009542
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40773.61/cwt70.00–78.001,0369
CowsBoner 80-85%—98965.17/cwt61.00–69.0064513

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.