Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 2.00 lower, Bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.40/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$108.40

57 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$7.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.41

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	113.01	553	15thin
Medium and Large 2	515	108.42	558	21
Medium and Large 3	455	105.09	478	21

One grade step is worth $7.93/cwt here — about $75 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 sale57 hd

108.40

—

GA average17 barns · 1,405 hd

111.81

−3.41

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	1,378	53.45	737	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,165	46.00	536	1thin

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	—	608	106.71/cwt	105.00–110.00	649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	115.31/cwt	110.00–118.00	663	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	104.91/cwt	100.00–110.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	102.64/cwt	100.00–108.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	112.63/cwt	110.00–115.00	422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	103.25/cwt	100.00–105.00	428	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	53.45/cwt	52.00–55.00	737	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	103.71/cwt	101.00–108.00	602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	133.69/cwt	130.00–137.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	114.35/cwt	110.00–118.00	360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	569	98.27/cwt	97.00–100.00	559	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	563	94.98/cwt	90.00–100.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	124.86/cwt	120.00–130.00	449	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	122.25/cwt	120.00–127.00	648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	112.28/cwt	110.00–115.00	529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	114.97/cwt	112.00–118.00	481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	107.37/cwt	106.00–110.00	577	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	133.56/cwt	130.00–138.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	114.02/cwt	112.00–116.00	635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	146.53/cwt	145.00–148.00	525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	104.64/cwt	100.00–109.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	131.73/cwt	130.00–137.00	559	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	112.26/cwt	110.00–115.00	578	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	124.44/cwt	120.00–130.00	582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	100.37/cwt	95.00–103.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	103.35/cwt	100.00–107.00	488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	102.26/cwt	100.00–105.00	535	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	114.58/cwt	110.00–118.00	549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	119.86/cwt	117.00–123.00	495	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	116.48/cwt	115.00–118.00	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	114.00/cwt	113.00–115.00	762	2

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 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 187Last week 252Year ago 149

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 14Year ago 63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	105.00–110.00	106.71
4	—	575	110.00–118.00	115.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	130.00–137.00	133.69
2	—	563	90.00–100.00	94.98
4	—	360	120.00–130.00	124.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	145.00–148.00	146.53
2	—	573	100.00–109.00	104.64
4	—	424	130.00–137.00	131.73
4	—	515	110.00–115.00	112.26
5	—	468	120.00–130.00	124.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	100.00–110.00	104.91
3	—	607	100.00–108.00	102.64
4	—	479	110.00–118.00	114.58
6	—	413	117.00–123.00	119.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	110.00–115.00	112.63
3	—	415	100.00–105.00	103.25
4	—	315	110.00–118.00	114.35
4	—	569	97.00–100.00	98.27
3	—	472	100.00–107.00	103.35
5	—	523	100.00–105.00	102.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	101.00–108.00	103.71
4	—	471	110.00–115.00	112.28
5	—	418	112.00–118.00	114.97
5	—	537	106.00–110.00	107.37
3	—	609	95.00–103.00	100.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	120.00–127.00	122.25
5	—	469	130.00–138.00	133.56
4	—	557	112.00–116.00	114.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	115.00–118.00	116.48
2	—	668	113.00–115.00	114.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	52.00–55.00	53.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	46.00	46.00

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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