Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, Bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.37/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$123.37

77 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$10.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.73

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	457	126.96	580	13thin
Medium and Large 3	430	123.60	531	55
Medium and Large 1	569	116.77	664	9thin

One grade step is worth $10.19/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale77 hd

123.37

—

GA average17 barns · 1,555 hd

116.64

+6.73

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	—	Low	1,578	81.41	1,285	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	62.55	753	5thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1	—	670	105.73/cwt	101.00–110.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	122.29/cwt	120.00–125.00	633	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	133.95/cwt	130.00–138.00	583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	123.85/cwt	120.00–128.00	578	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	613	92.78/cwt	90.00–98.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	155.00/cwt	150.00–160.00	423	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,345	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	861	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,118	60.87/cwt	58.00–64.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	112.29/cwt	110.00–113.00	713	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	115.15/cwt	110.00–120.00	487	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	112.55/cwt	110.00–115.00	540	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	112.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	124.21/cwt	120.00–128.00	590	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,200	843.13/cwt	725.00–950.00	10,118	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	110.09/cwt	105.00–115.00	477	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	464	108.06/cwt	105.00–110.00	501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	123.96/cwt	120.00–127.00	481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	104.69/cwt	102.00–107.00	557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	118.44/cwt	115.00–122.00	444	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	116.52/cwt	110.00–120.00	608	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	233	160.54/cwt	157.00–165.00	374	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	122.64/cwt	120.00–127.00	520	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	711	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	63.44/cwt	60.00–67.00	764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	106.73/cwt	100.00–110.00	544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	103.50/cwt	100.00–107.00	597	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	112.09/cwt	107.00–117.00	528	9
Bulls	—	—	1,578	81.41/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,285	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	103.10/cwt	100.00–107.00	583	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	324	143.77/cwt	140.00–147.00	466	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	369	130.83/cwt	125.00–135.00	483	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	511	108.45/cwt	105.00–112.00	554	5

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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 252Last week 311Year ago 224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 15Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 10Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	101.00–110.00	105.73
6	—	518	120.00–125.00	122.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	130.00–138.00	133.95
9	—	467	120.00–128.00	123.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	90.00–98.00	92.78
4	—	273	150.00–160.00	155.00
6	—	233	157.00–165.00	160.54
8	—	424	120.00–127.00	122.64
9	—	471	107.00–117.00	112.09
10	—	565	100.00–107.00	103.10
5	—	324	140.00–147.00	143.77
5	—	369	125.00–135.00	130.83
5	—	511	105.00–112.00	108.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	110.00–113.00	112.29
3	—	522	110.00–120.00	116.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	110.00–120.00	115.15
4	—	480	110.00–115.00	112.55
6	—	388	120.00–127.00	123.96
6	—	510	100.00–110.00	106.73
6	—	577	100.00–107.00	103.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	433	105.00–115.00	110.09
5	—	464	105.00–110.00	108.06
6	—	532	102.00–107.00	104.69
7	—	375	115.00–122.00	118.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	110.00–114.00	112.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	120.00–128.00	124.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,345	64.00	64.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,118	58.00–64.00	60.87
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,200	725.00–950.00	843.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	59.00	59.00
4	—	1,204	60.00–67.00	63.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,578	77.00–85.00	81.41

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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Bulls · 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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle