Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	417	145.53	607	18thin
Medium and Large 1	464	145.39	674	24
Medium and Large 3	359	143.06	514	15thin

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,259	59.50	749	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,205	42.00	506	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	57.17/cwt	54.00–58.00	784	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	506	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	61.83/cwt	60.00–63.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	118.21/cwt	115.00–125.00	736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	152.93/cwt	150.00–155.00	650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	144.00/cwt	140.00–148.00	667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	123.31/cwt	120.00–125.00	620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	113.49/cwt	112.00–115.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	121.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	118.45/cwt	115.00–122.00	631	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	132.44/cwt	130.00–135.00	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	133.69/cwt	130.00–138.00	624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	278	153.82/cwt	150.00–158.00	428	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	134.84/cwt	130.00–138.00	696	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	162.65/cwt	160.00–165.00	607	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	160.88/cwt	157.00–165.00	523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	122.22/cwt	117.00–125.00	568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	155.55/cwt	152.00–158.00	568	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,105	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	132.35/cwt	130.00–135.00	487	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	111.80/cwt	110.00–115.00	653	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	62.13/cwt	60.00–65.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	145.49/cwt	140.00–148.00	524	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	411	123.15/cwt	120.00–127.00	506	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	123.29/cwt	120.00–125.00	438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	123.75/cwt	120.00–128.00	397	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	114.88/cwt	110.00–120.00	488	4

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 Jan 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 279Last week 241Year ago 375

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 24Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 24Year ago 28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,372	54.00–58.00	57.17
3	—	1,145	60.00–63.00	61.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	42.00	42.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	115.00–125.00	118.21
5	—	425	150.00–155.00	152.93
5	—	463	140.00–148.00	144.00
5	—	516	130.00–138.00	134.84
6	—	373	160.00–165.00	162.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	130.00–135.00	132.44
5	—	467	130.00–138.00	133.69
4	—	325	157.00–165.00	160.88
5	—	365	152.00–158.00	155.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	278	150.00–158.00	153.82
3	—	465	117.00–125.00	122.22
8	—	360	140.00–148.00	145.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	120.00–125.00	123.31
4	—	605	112.00–115.00	113.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	120.00–125.00	121.78
6	—	533	115.00–122.00	118.45
6	—	368	130.00–135.00	132.35
5	—	584	110.00–115.00	111.80
9	—	411	120.00–127.00	123.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	355	120.00–125.00	123.29
6	—	321	120.00–128.00	123.75
4	—	425	110.00–120.00	114.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	55.00	55.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,140	60.00–65.00	62.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,105	675.00	675.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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