Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-01-20

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
279 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 241▼ 96 vs year ago 375 · −25.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 24▼ 10 vs year ago 25 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 24▼ 16 vs year ago 28 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.82/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$144.82
57 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2417145.5360718thin
Medium and Large 1464145.3967424
Medium and Large 3359143.0651415thin
One grade step is worth $2.47/cwt here — about $94 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
144.82
—
GA average16 barns · 1,331 hd
127.58
+17.24
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25959.507496thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,20542.005061thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37257.17/cwt54.00–58.007843
CowsLean 85-90%—1,20542.00/cwt42.00–42.005061
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14561.83/cwt60.00–63.007083
BullsMedium and Large 1—623118.21/cwt115.00–125.007363
BullsMedium and Large 1—425152.93/cwt150.00–155.006505
BullsMedium and Large 1—463144.00/cwt140.00–148.006675
HeifersMedium and Large 1—503123.31/cwt120.00–125.006203
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605113.49/cwt112.00–115.006874
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485121.78/cwt120.00–125.005915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533118.45/cwt115.00–122.006316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—83555.00/cwt55.00–55.004591
BullsMedium and Large 2—513132.44/cwt130.00–135.006794
BullsMedium and Large 2—467133.69/cwt130.00–138.006245
BullsMedium and Large 3—278153.82/cwt150.00–158.004284
BullsMedium and Large 1—516134.84/cwt130.00–138.006965
BullsMedium and Large 1—373162.65/cwt160.00–165.006076
BullsMedium and Large 2—325160.88/cwt157.00–165.005234
BullsMedium and Large 3—465122.22/cwt117.00–125.005683
BullsMedium and Large 2—365155.55/cwt152.00–158.005685
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,105675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,4592
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368132.35/cwt130.00–135.004876
HeifersMedium and Large 2—584111.80/cwt110.00–115.006535
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,14062.13/cwt60.00–65.007083
BullsMedium and Large 3—360145.49/cwt140.00–148.005248
HeifersMedium and Large 2—411123.15/cwt120.00–127.005069
HeifersMedium and Large 3—355123.29/cwt120.00–125.004383
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321123.75/cwt120.00–128.003976
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425114.88/cwt110.00–120.004884

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.