Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Steer calves and heifer calves 5.00 lower, bull calves sharply lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.51/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$117.51

45 head · 453 lb average

Value per head Derived

$532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$4.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.05

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	484	120.90	585	11thin
Medium and Large 3	442	116.41	515	34

One grade step is worth $4.49/cwt here — about $70 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

117.51

—

GA average17 barns · 1,363 hd

117.57

−0.05

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	983	48.00	472	2thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	323	145.02/cwt	142.00–148.00	468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	122.59/cwt	120.00–125.00	586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	110.94/cwt	109.00–113.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	114.57/cwt	113.00–117.00	590	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	472	113.64/cwt	110.00–117.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	266	140.97/cwt	137.00–145.00	375	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	113.99/cwt	112.00–116.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	132.97/cwt	129.00–135.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	118.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	122.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	106.99/cwt	106.00–108.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	98.90/cwt	95.00–103.00	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	104.65/cwt	100.00–108.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	104.48/cwt	100.00–109.00	567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	112.06/cwt	110.00–114.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	663	104.02/cwt	100.00–108.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	104.92/cwt	101.00–109.00	593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	119.85/cwt	115.00–125.00	447	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	114.17/cwt	109.00–119.00	478	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	524	111.32/cwt	108.00–114.00	583	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	406	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	541	1

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 Jul 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 150Last week 367Year ago 315

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 46Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	142.00–148.00	145.02
2	—	478	120.00–125.00	122.59
2	—	573	109.00–113.00	110.94
5	—	515	113.00–117.00	114.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	110.00–117.00	113.64
4	—	266	137.00–145.00	140.97
5	—	565	101.00–109.00	104.92
7	—	373	115.00–125.00	119.85
7	—	419	109.00–119.00	114.17
8	—	524	108.00–114.00	111.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	112.00–116.00	113.99
3	—	438	129.00–135.00	132.97
4	—	565	115.00–120.00	118.50
6	—	532	120.00–125.00	122.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	110.00–114.00	112.06
2	—	663	100.00–108.00	104.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	106.00–108.00	106.99
2	—	630	95.00–103.00	98.90
2	—	543	100.00–109.00	104.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	100.00–108.00	104.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	43.00	43.00
1	—	1,020	53.00	53.00

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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