Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $113.65/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$113.65

16 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$0.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.10

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	643	113.98	733	2thin
Medium and Large 3	543	113.60	616	14thin

One grade step is worth $0.38/cwt here — about $116 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 sale16 hd

113.65

—

GA average15 barns · 456 hd

120.75

−7.10

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%	Average	1,104	53.36	589	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	52.02	790	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,018	39.67	404	6thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 2	—	440	124.94/cwt	122.00–128.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	139.81/cwt	137.00–145.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	83.32/cwt	80.00–88.00	521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	99.03/cwt	95.00–103.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	128.04/cwt	123.00–133.00	540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	120.75/cwt	117.00–125.00	568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	111.68/cwt	110.00–113.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	103.66/cwt	100.00–108.00	650	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	53.36/cwt	51.00–57.00	589	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	52.02/cwt	51.00–54.00	790	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	39.67/cwt	37.00–41.00	404	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	113.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	95.15/cwt	90.00–100.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	108.54/cwt	107.00–110.00	470	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,698	1,163.77/cwt	1,125.00–1,200.00	19,761	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,119	82.65/cwt	70.00–103.00	925	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,131	56.04/cwt	50.00–60.00	634	7

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 Oct 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 189Year ago 240

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 14Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 5Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	122.00–128.00	124.94
3	—	365	137.00–145.00	139.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	90.00–100.00	95.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	107.00–110.00	108.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	80.00–88.00	83.32
2	—	433	107.00–110.00	108.54
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	95.00–103.00	99.03
3	—	422	123.00–133.00	128.04
3	—	470	117.00–125.00	120.75
3	—	520	110.00–113.00	111.68
3	—	627	100.00–108.00	103.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	110.00–118.00	113.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,104	51.00–57.00	53.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	51.00–54.00	52.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,018	37.00–41.00	39.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,698	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,163.77
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,119	70.00–103.00	82.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,131	50.00–60.00	56.04

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle