Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.24/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$141.24

47 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$96

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$4.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.04

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	463	143.30	663	23
Medium and Large 2	545	139.26	759	24

One grade step is worth $4.04/cwt here — about −$96 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 sale47 hd

141.24

—

GA average14 barns · 554 hd

141.28

−0.04

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,441	57.81	833	19

Every lot, as filed

29 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	61.24/cwt	60.00–62.00	846	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	56.58/cwt	52.00–59.00	828	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	141.05/cwt	140.00–143.00	592	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	139.91/cwt	137.00–143.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	147.61/cwt	147.00–150.00	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	113.73/cwt	110.00–115.00	721	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	59.48/cwt	56.00–63.00	827	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	306	161.03/cwt	160.00–163.00	493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	145.64/cwt	142.00–150.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	134.72/cwt	132.00–140.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	133.51/cwt	130.00–138.00	581	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	122.63/cwt	120.00–125.00	460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	153.87/cwt	150.00–158.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	142.29/cwt	140.00–145.00	680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	126.60/cwt	122.00–132.00	832	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	293	133.49/cwt	132.00–135.00	391	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	61.54/cwt	60.00–63.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	132.24/cwt	125.00–135.00	674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	146.66/cwt	143.00–153.00	629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	119.33/cwt	115.00–123.00	523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	126.66/cwt	125.00–130.00	595	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	160.31/cwt	155.00–163.00	548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	119.57/cwt	119.00–123.00	667	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	138.82/cwt	136.00–145.00	784	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	359	156.96/cwt	153.00–163.00	563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	119.59/cwt	115.00–123.00	694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	521	136.85/cwt	132.00–140.00	713	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	93.00/cwt	92.00–94.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	109.36/cwt	105.00–113.00	722	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 Apr 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 259Last week 154Year ago 177

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 29Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 22Year ago 29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,381	60.00–62.00	61.24
14	—	1,463	52.00–59.00	56.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	140.00–143.00	141.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	634	110.00–115.00	113.73
5	—	435	130.00–138.00	133.51
2	—	293	132.00–135.00	133.49
8	—	470	125.00–130.00	126.66
7	—	558	119.00–123.00	119.57
2	—	763	92.00–94.00	93.00
3	—	660	105.00–113.00	109.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	120.00–125.00	122.63
3	—	438	115.00–123.00	119.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	137.00–143.00	139.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	306	160.00–163.00	161.03
3	—	413	142.00–150.00	145.64
4	—	465	132.00–140.00	134.72
7	—	510	125.00–135.00	132.24
5	—	359	153.00–163.00	156.96
5	—	580	115.00–123.00	119.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	454	147.00–150.00	147.61
8	—	657	122.00–132.00	126.60
3	—	342	155.00–163.00	160.31
8	—	565	136.00–145.00	138.82
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	150.00–158.00	153.87
3	—	478	140.00–145.00	142.29
10	—	429	143.00–153.00	146.66
8	—	521	132.00–140.00	136.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,390	56.00–63.00	59.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,298	60.00–63.00	61.54

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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Moultrie

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle