Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $122.54/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$122.54

47 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$0.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.88

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	590	122.82	725	26
Medium and Large 3	561	122.19	686	21

One grade step is worth $0.63/cwt here — about $39 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 sale47 hd

122.54

—

GA average17 barns · 779 hd

133.42

−10.88

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	1,679	90.25	1,515	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,344	71.42	960	41

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	125.78/cwt	125.00–127.00	727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	113.03/cwt	109.00–115.00	803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	129.90/cwt	125.00–131.00	490	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	125.58/cwt	124.00–128.00	578	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	129.91/cwt	127.00–133.00	537	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	72.76/cwt	70.00–78.00	980	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	75.40/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,056	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	19,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	122.47/cwt	120.00–124.00	704	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	121.30/cwt	117.00–125.00	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	126.68/cwt	125.00–130.00	669	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	117.53/cwt	110.00–119.00	782	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	75.05/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,137	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	66.67/cwt	62.00–69.00	889	9
Bulls	—	—	1,761	94.06/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,656	4
Bulls	—	—	1,350	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	124.64/cwt	120.00–130.00	583	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	116.55/cwt	115.00–118.00	668	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	134.53/cwt	130.00–137.00	623	3

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 Jun 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 186Last week 299Year ago 290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 38Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 15Year ago 11

Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	125.00–127.00	125.78
3	—	710	109.00–115.00	113.03
12	—	528	125.00–130.00	126.68
6	—	665	110.00–119.00	117.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	575	120.00–124.00	122.47
5	—	517	117.00–125.00	121.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	377	125.00–131.00	129.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	460	124.00–128.00	125.58
4	—	413	127.00–133.00	129.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	468	120.00–130.00	124.64
4	—	573	115.00–118.00	116.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	130.00–137.00	134.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,347	70.00–78.00	72.76
9	—	1,333	62.00–69.00	66.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,761	92.00–97.00	94.06
1	—	1,350	75.00	75.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,400	73.00–78.00	75.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,515	74.00–76.00	75.05
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,440	1,325.00	1,325.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle