Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-09-02

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 2
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
401 head
▲ 178 vs last sale 223▲ 270 vs year ago 131 · +206.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 22▲ 28 vs year ago 26 · +107.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 70▲ 5 vs year ago 8 · +62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 2.00 lower, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 5.00 lower, Bull calves 4.00 to 8.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.65/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$114.65
127 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.49
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1395128.5550826
Medium and Large 2497112.7856036
Medium and Large 3470110.1251765
One grade step is worth $18.43/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale127 hd
114.65
—
GA average16 barns · 1,322 hd
114.16
+0.49
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—Low1,73986.801,5096thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21757.7870337
CowsLean 85-90%Average97748.3847317

Every lot, as filed

39 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—317158.21/cwt155.00–160.005026
BullsMedium and Large 2—381148.57/cwt145.00–153.005668
BullsMedium and Large 2—417136.16/cwt132.00–139.0056810
BullsMedium and Large 3—668101.04/cwt97.00–105.006754
BullsMedium and Large 3—306148.92/cwt145.00–155.004565
BullsMedium and Large 3—619105.19/cwt100.00–108.006515
SteersMedium and Large 3—614109.50/cwt109.00–110.006724
SteersMedium and Large 3—503119.99/cwt117.00–123.006046
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1401,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,9702
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469111.90/cwt110.00–115.005258
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578107.00/cwt100.00–110.006188
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367122.30/cwt120.00–125.004499
HeifersMedium and Large 3—609104.21/cwt103.00–105.006355
SteersMedium and Large 3—593113.99/cwt112.00–116.006766
SteersMedium and Large 3—473120.31/cwt117.00–125.0056910
HeifersMedium and Large 3—379114.57/cwt110.00–119.004347
HeifersMedium and Large 3—471108.68/cwt105.00–113.005127
HeifersMedium and Large 1—302134.04/cwt130.00–140.004055
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408123.44/cwt120.00–127.005046
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481122.82/cwt120.00–125.005917
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368133.97/cwt127.00–137.004938
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421111.49/cwt105.00–115.004698
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570103.89/cwt100.00–107.005928
HeifersMedium and Large 3—326123.68/cwt120.00–127.0040310
HeifersMedium and Large 3—517105.70/cwt100.00–108.0054620
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516114.07/cwt110.00–117.005895
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605106.32/cwt105.00–107.006436
BullsMedium and Large 3—564106.87/cwt100.00–113.0060310
BullsMedium and Large 3—529112.79/cwt112.00–115.0059711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13661.98/cwt60.00–64.0070414
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26755.22/cwt51.00–59.0070023
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07753.74/cwt50.00–57.005795
CowsLean 85-90%—93646.15/cwt40.00–49.0043212
Bulls——1,72881.34/cwt80.00–82.001,4062
Bulls——1,74489.53/cwt88.00–91.001,5614
BullsMedium and Large 3—267155.16/cwt150.00–160.004146
BullsMedium and Large 3—409124.46/cwt120.00–127.005097
BullsMedium and Large 3—473119.16/cwt112.00–122.005649
BullsMedium and Large 3—373137.14/cwt133.00–143.0051210

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.