Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.54/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$117.54

70 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$10.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.85

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	453	121.77	552	40
Medium and Large 1	591	113.03	667	4thin
Medium and Large 3	445	111.72	497	26

One grade step is worth $10.05/cwt here — about $54 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 sale70 hd

117.54

—

GA average17 barns · 2,645 hd

119.39

−1.85

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	1,815	77.58	1,408	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	59.26	843	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,092	54.63	596	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	934	45.36	424	7thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	—	1,815	77.58/cwt	77.00–78.00	1,408	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	57.96/cwt	55.00–62.00	620	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	51.29/cwt	49.00–54.00	571	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	62.27/cwt	60.00–65.00	900	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	51.75/cwt	48.00–55.00	708	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	45.36/cwt	42.00–49.00	424	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	477	127.41/cwt	123.00–133.00	608	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	506	120.46/cwt	115.00–125.00	610	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	114.03/cwt	110.00–118.00	490	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	141.01/cwt	140.00–143.00	623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	123.27/cwt	120.00–127.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	112.08/cwt	110.00–117.00	521	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	124.90/cwt	120.00–130.00	472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	124.21/cwt	120.00–128.00	520	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	136.06/cwt	132.00–140.00	463	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	122.06/cwt	120.00–124.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	114.44/cwt	110.00–118.00	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	102.00/cwt	100.00–105.00	527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	384	152.25/cwt	150.00–155.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	116.14/cwt	110.00–119.00	610	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	105.31/cwt	103.00–108.00	593	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,247	728.41/cwt	630.00–820.00	9,083	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	54.41/cwt	50.00–57.00	578	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	67.02/cwt	63.00–76.00	785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	144.59/cwt	138.00–148.00	409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	136.02/cwt	134.00–138.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	422	139.41/cwt	135.00–143.00	588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	117.51/cwt	115.00–120.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	108.54/cwt	107.00–110.00	682	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	304	151.65/cwt	150.00–155.00	461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	146.02/cwt	142.00–150.00	524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	107.98/cwt	103.00–113.00	684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	152.40/cwt	150.00–155.00	500	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 Dec 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 268Last week 122Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 29Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 14Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,815	77.00–78.00	77.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,069	55.00–62.00	57.96
11	—	1,114	49.00–54.00	51.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,445	60.00–65.00	62.27
2	—	1,368	48.00–55.00	51.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	934	42.00–49.00	45.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	123.00–133.00	127.41
10	—	506	115.00–125.00	120.46
7	—	422	135.00–143.00	139.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	384	150.00–155.00	152.25
3	—	304	150.00–155.00	151.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	430	110.00–118.00	114.03
7	—	465	110.00–117.00	112.08
4	—	380	110.00–118.00	114.44
4	—	517	100.00–105.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	120.00–130.00	124.90
11	—	419	120.00–128.00	124.21
2	—	340	132.00–140.00	136.06
16	—	525	110.00–119.00	116.14
3	—	563	103.00–108.00	105.31
3	—	283	138.00–148.00	144.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	115.00–120.00	117.51
2	—	628	107.00–110.00	108.54
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	140.00–143.00	141.01
4	—	476	120.00–127.00	123.27
2	—	525	120.00–124.00	122.06
6	—	359	142.00–150.00	146.02
2	—	633	103.00–113.00	107.98
2	—	328	150.00–155.00	152.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	134.00–138.00	136.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,247	630.00–820.00	728.41
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,063	50.00–57.00	54.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,172	63.00–76.00	67.02

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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Heifers · 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

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Feeder Cattle

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