Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.62/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$123.62

37 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$9.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.86

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	126.45	593	12thin
Medium and Large 2	440	123.80	544	19thin
Medium and Large 3	413	117.38	484	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.06/cwt here — about $108 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 sale37 hd

123.62

—

GA average16 barns · 1,471 hd

119.76

+3.86

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	—	Average	1,720	82.94	1,427	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	65.29	972	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,135	57.49	653	2thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,720	82.94/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,427	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	57.49/cwt	57.00–58.00	653	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	65.29/cwt	63.00–68.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	130.44/cwt	128.00–133.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	139.79/cwt	135.00–145.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	134.90/cwt	130.00–140.00	452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	122.63/cwt	117.00–127.00	571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	128.97/cwt	127.00–130.00	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	114.24/cwt	112.00–118.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	135.99/cwt	135.00–138.00	811	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	519	115.98/cwt	113.00–120.00	602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	110.54/cwt	107.00–115.00	630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	112.41/cwt	110.00–115.00	526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	141.97/cwt	137.00–147.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	113.52/cwt	112.00–115.00	713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	302	161.01/cwt	160.00–163.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	129.04/cwt	128.00–130.00	557	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	150.35/cwt	148.00–153.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	119.87/cwt	115.00–125.00	461	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	83.27/cwt	81.00–88.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	143.42/cwt	142.00–145.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	127.29/cwt	125.00–130.00	608	3

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 Feb 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 161Last week 94Year ago 246

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 20Year ago 2

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,720	82.00–85.00	82.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	57.00–58.00	57.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	63.00–68.00	65.29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	566	128.00–133.00	130.44
4	—	514	135.00–145.00	139.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	113.00–120.00	115.98
5	—	570	107.00–115.00	110.54
2	—	423	142.00–145.00	143.42
3	—	478	125.00–130.00	127.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	137.00–147.00	141.97
3	—	302	160.00–163.00	161.01
2	—	377	148.00–153.00	150.35
3	—	770	81.00–88.00	83.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	457	128.00–130.00	129.00
2	—	628	112.00–115.00	113.52
8	—	432	128.00–130.00	129.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	130.00–140.00	134.90
9	—	466	117.00–127.00	122.63
3	—	365	127.00–130.00	128.97
4	—	515	112.00–118.00	114.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	110.00–115.00	112.41
4	—	385	115.00–125.00	119.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	596	135.00–138.00	135.99

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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