Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-10-14

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 14
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 330▼ 21 vs year ago 210 · −10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 37▼ 2 vs year ago 16 · −12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 22▼ 3 vs year ago 8 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves unevenly steady, Bull calves 5.00 lower, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.21/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$125.21
45 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.72
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400140.2056115thin
Medium and Large 3412118.3148822
Medium and Large 2535116.106218thin
One grade step is worth $24.10/cwt here — about −$59 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 sale45 hd
125.21
—
GA average14 barns · 1,007 hd
116.49
+8.72
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—Low1,27071.009021thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01740.254094thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09045.00/cwt45.00–45.004912
Bulls——1,27071.00/cwt71.00–71.009021
CowsLean 85-90%—94335.50/cwt34.00–37.003352
BullsMedium and Large 1—555122.48/cwt120.00–125.006802
BullsMedium and Large 1—315148.28/cwt145.00–150.004673
BullsMedium and Large 1—367142.84/cwt140.00–147.005245
SteersMedium and Large 2—382151.03/cwt147.00–153.005773
BullsMedium and Large 3—525105.95/cwt100.00–110.005564
BullsMedium and Large 2—77595.10/cwt91.00–99.007372
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530104.06/cwt102.00–105.005523
BullsMedium and Large 2—592112.99/cwt112.00–115.006693
HeifersMedium and Large 3—413114.70/cwt110.00–117.004745
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—82565.00/cwt65.00–65.005361
BullsMedium and Large 3—413115.88/cwt112.00–120.004794
BullsMedium and Large 2—317133.21/cwt130.00–135.004223
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373124.94/cwt122.00–128.004664
HeifersMedium and Large 3—457113.32/cwt110.00–115.005183
BullsMedium and Large 3—376120.23/cwt110.00–130.004528
BullsMedium and Large 1—423139.79/cwt137.00–145.005915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422123.36/cwt120.00–125.005213
BullsMedium and Large 3—278136.53/cwt135.00–140.003803
BullsMedium and Large 3—492114.70/cwt110.00–117.005643

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.