Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-04-14

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
168 vs last sale 322 51 vs year ago 103 · +49.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
1 vs last sale 30 9 vs year ago 20 · +45.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
7 vs last sale 15 5 vs year ago 17 · +29.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.49/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$130.49
45 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.22
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463140.536518thin
Medium and Large 2455130.9959522
Medium and Large 3441124.3954815thin
One grade step is worth $16.14/cwt here — about $102 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 sale45 hd
130.49
GA average17 barns · 2,412 hd
130.26
+0.22
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
BullsAverage1,56393.661,4646thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41868.609737thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09864.7171012
CowsLean 85-90%Average98855.785512thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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%1,12065.82/cwt64.00–67.007375
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10070.67/cwt70.00–72.007773
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06858.84/cwt58.00–60.006284
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48163.61/cwt62.00–67.009424
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33575.25/cwt73.00–77.001,0053
CowsLean 85-90%98855.78/cwt54.00–57.005512
HeifersMedium and Large 2580121.47/cwt117.00–127.007054
HeifersMedium and Large 2480128.13/cwt125.00–135.006153
HeifersMedium and Large 2332134.42/cwt130.00–140.004465
BullsMedium and Large 3418146.36/cwt142.00–150.006125
HeifersMedium and Large 3420127.08/cwt120.00–130.005345
BullsMedium and Large 3462139.81/cwt135.00–145.006468
BullsMedium and Large 2543142.99/cwt141.00–145.007764
HeifersMedium and Large 2420139.39/cwt132.00–142.005856
HeifersMedium and Large 2515125.78/cwt120.00–129.006484
HeifersMedium and Large 3482112.69/cwt110.00–118.005433
HeifersMedium and Large 3525114.38/cwt110.00–118.006003
HeifersMedium and Large 3373137.32/cwt135.00–140.005124
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,165940.72/cwt875.00–1,000.0010,9594
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03871.25/cwt67.00–75.007403
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14067.68/cwt61.00–76.007722
BullsMedium and Large 3590116.49/cwt115.00–118.006872
BullsMedium and Large 3332148.63/cwt145.00–155.004934
BullsMedium and Large 3523130.02/cwt125.00–135.006804
Bulls1,51592.09/cwt88.00–95.001,3952
Bulls1,810103.04/cwt101.00–105.001,8652
Bulls1,36585.86/cwt85.00–87.001,1722
BullsMedium and Large 1610136.49/cwt135.00–138.008332
HeifersMedium and Large 1528136.09/cwt130.00–140.007193
HeifersMedium and Large 1424143.20/cwt142.00–145.006075

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.