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

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 9
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
256 vs last sale 401 30 vs year ago 175 · 17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
41 vs last sale 54 20 vs year ago 33 · 60.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
7 vs last sale 13 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 3.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.13/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$117.13
32 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.91
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2435135.665907thin
Medium and Large 3548111.9461425
One grade step is worth $23.73/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale32 hd
117.13
GA average17 barns · 903 hd
124.04
−6.91
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41359.548425thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16258.996853thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 2370148.54/cwt147.00–150.005502
BullsMedium and Large 2443138.49/cwt137.00–140.006142
BullsMedium and Large 2473125.19/cwt120.00–128.005923
BullsMedium and Large 3687104.07/cwt100.00–108.007152
BullsMedium and Large 3408131.02/cwt130.00–133.005353
BullsMedium and Large 3458116.04/cwt115.00–118.005313
SteersMedium and Large 2525123.35/cwt120.00–128.0064814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,380800.00/cwt800.00–800.0011,0402
HeifersMedium and Large 2456114.23/cwt112.00–115.005214
HeifersMedium and Large 2565107.17/cwt104.00–110.006066
HeifersMedium and Large 3425110.06/cwt105.00–115.004683
SteersMedium and Large 2480129.50/cwt127.00–135.006223
SteersMedium and Large 2626113.24/cwt112.00–115.007094
SteersMedium and Large 2569115.95/cwt112.00–122.006605
BullsMedium and Large 3525110.24/cwt107.00–115.005798
BullsMedium and Large 3615107.46/cwt105.00–111.006619
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16258.99/cwt58.00–60.006853
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36356.43/cwt54.00–59.007692
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44761.61/cwt60.00–63.008913
HeifersMedium and Large 1428129.21/cwt125.00–133.005533

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.