Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.91/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$122.91

86 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$5.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.48

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	125.96	696	36
Medium and Large 3	367	120.73	444	17thin
Medium and Large 2	531	120.72	641	33

One grade step is worth $5.24/cwt here — about $55 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 sale86 hd

122.91

—

GA average17 barns · 1,581 hd

125.40

−2.48

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	—	High	1,410	79.39	1,120	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,395	67.06	935	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,193	60.48	721	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	947	50.35	477	8thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	122.99/cwt	122.00–125.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	140.49/cwt	132.00–142.00	733	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	126.61/cwt	123.00–130.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	119.77/cwt	115.00–125.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	129.74/cwt	125.00–133.00	620	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	149.52/cwt	145.00–153.00	637	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	128.63/cwt	125.00–131.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	142.32/cwt	137.00–145.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	137.34/cwt	135.00–140.00	711	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	125.33/cwt	124.00–126.00	905	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	151.49/cwt	150.00–153.00	671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	153.52/cwt	146.00–156.00	781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	159.70/cwt	155.00–163.00	728	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	138.80/cwt	131.00–141.00	795	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	123.53/cwt	122.00–125.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	132.36/cwt	130.00–135.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	122.99/cwt	118.00–128.00	708	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	57.12/cwt	53.00–59.00	663	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	44.94/cwt	43.00–47.00	413	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	55.75/cwt	53.00–59.00	543	4
Bulls	—	—	1,778	90.56/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,610	2
Bulls	—	—	1,578	84.85/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,339	2
Bulls	—	—	1,196	72.73/cwt	70.00–76.00	870	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	118.53/cwt	117.00–120.00	857	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,367	976.89/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	13,354	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	64.39/cwt	61.00–68.00	792	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	67.06/cwt	65.00–68.00	935	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	144.56/cwt	140.00–150.00	546	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	129.12/cwt	127.00–133.00	671	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	132.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	123.90/cwt	120.00–128.00	388	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,432	1,118.31/cwt	1,050.00–1,250.00	16,014	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	129.20/cwt	127.00–130.00	535	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	150.73/cwt	147.00–157.00	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	118.48/cwt	117.00–120.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	533	123.54/cwt	122.00–125.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	120.69/cwt	120.00–122.00	698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	661	117.99/cwt	115.00–125.00	780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	130.93/cwt	130.00–133.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	120.45/cwt	117.00–123.00	434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	121.34/cwt	117.00–127.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	126.49/cwt	125.00–128.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	104.36/cwt	104.00–108.00	737	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	271	128.01/cwt	125.00–135.00	347	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	164.13/cwt	163.00–165.00	693	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	102.41/cwt	100.00–105.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	145.92/cwt	140.00–150.00	679	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 Mar 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 383Year ago 166

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 39Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 45Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	122.00–125.00	122.99
8	—	522	132.00–142.00	140.49
2	—	443	150.00–153.00	151.49
7	—	573	131.00–141.00	138.80
2	—	640	125.00–128.00	126.49
7	—	465	140.00–150.00	145.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	722	124.00–126.00	125.33
4	—	618	134.00–135.00	134.50
4	—	509	146.00–156.00	153.52
7	—	456	155.00–163.00	159.70
7	—	422	163.00–165.00	164.13
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	130.00–135.00	132.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	123.00–130.00	126.61
7	—	378	140.00–150.00	144.56
2	—	533	122.00–125.00	123.54
3	—	578	120.00–122.00	120.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	145.00–153.00	149.52
3	—	564	125.00–131.00	128.63
3	—	487	137.00–145.00	142.32
5	—	518	135.00–140.00	137.34
2	—	618	122.00–125.00	123.53
4	—	661	115.00–125.00	117.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	117.00–120.00	118.53
6	—	473	147.00–157.00	150.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	629	115.00–125.00	119.77
14	—	576	118.00–128.00	122.99
15	—	520	127.00–133.00	129.12
2	—	438	137.00–140.00	138.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	478	125.00–133.00	129.74
2	—	323	130.00–135.00	132.36
4	—	414	127.00–130.00	129.20
3	—	382	130.00–133.00	130.93
3	—	508	117.00–127.00	121.34
11	—	706	104.00–108.00	104.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	120.00–128.00	123.90
2	—	478	117.00–120.00	118.48
6	—	360	117.00–123.00	120.45
5	—	271	125.00–135.00	128.01
2	—	575	100.00–105.00	102.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,161	53.00–59.00	57.12
6	—	1,230	61.00–68.00	64.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	919	43.00–47.00	44.94
4	—	974	53.00–59.00	55.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,395	65.00–68.00	67.06
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,778	89.00–92.00	90.56
2	—	1,578	82.00–87.00	84.85
5	—	1,196	70.00–76.00	72.73

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	—	1,367	900.00–1,025.00	976.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,432	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,118.31

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

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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Slaughter Cattle

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