Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-08-05

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Aug 5
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
123 vs last sale 326 251 vs year ago 454 · 55.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
13 vs last sale 10 37 vs year ago 60 · 61.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
6 vs last sale 5 20 vs year ago 31 · 64.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady to 1.00 higher, Steer calves 2.00 higher, Heifer calves unevenly steady, Bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.42/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$129.42
65 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$120
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$19.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.66
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3454140.9764025
Medium and Large 1690122.4784620
Medium and Large 2623121.9275920
One grade step is worth $19.05/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale65 hd
129.42
GA average16 barns · 1,103 hd
134.07
−4.66
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,59091.991,4632thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26358.977453thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93649.804666thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
SteersMedium and Large 2680117.01/cwt115.00–119.007964
SteersMedium and Large 2573127.02/cwt122.00–130.007286
HeifersMedium and Large 3483116.52/cwt115.00–118.005634
HeifersMedium and Large 3528114.03/cwt112.00–116.006024
HeifersMedium and Large 2608108.51/cwt107.00–110.006604
HeifersMedium and Large 2412127.28/cwt125.00–129.005246
SteersMedium and Large 3585113.93/cwt110.00–118.006664
SteersMedium and Large 3625111.54/cwt110.00–113.006974
CowsBoner 80-85%1,56051.00/cwt51.00–51.007961
BullsMedium and Large 2328167.37/cwt165.00–170.005494
BullsMedium and Large 2525127.72/cwt125.00–131.006716
BullsMedium and Large 3320152.34/cwt150.00–155.004874
BullsMedium and Large 3593116.51/cwt115.00–118.006914
BullsMedium and Large 3514117.77/cwt112.00–122.0060510
Bulls1,59091.99/cwt90.00–94.001,4632
SteersMedium and Large 2630120.82/cwt115.00–125.0076110
SteersMedium and Large 3408149.91/cwt145.00–155.006124
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09089.00/cwt89.00–89.009701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,27589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,56085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3261
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,28066.00/cwt66.00–66.008451
SteersMedium and Large 3375155.59/cwt154.00–163.0058313
SteersMedium and Large 1611128.23/cwt126.00–130.007838
SteersMedium and Large 1730120.22/cwt118.00–124.008788
SteersMedium and Large 1770115.47/cwt114.00–117.008894
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11562.96/cwt61.00–65.007022
CowsLean 85-90%84054.57/cwt53.00–56.004583
CowsLean 85-90%1,03245.03/cwt42.00–47.004653
HeifersMedium and Large 2460122.47/cwt120.00–125.005634
HeifersMedium and Large 3423116.51/cwt115.00–118.004934

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.