Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-04-28

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
42 vs last sale 259 135 vs year ago 166 · +81.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
55 vs last sale 25 56 vs year ago 24 · +233.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
56 vs last sale 15 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.77/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$123.77
63 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$93
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.52
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2442125.5055540
Medium and Large 3334121.8040615thin
Medium and Large 1545118.856488thin
One grade step is worth $6.64/cwt here — about −$93 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 sale63 hd
123.77
GA average15 barns · 1,238 hd
120.25
+3.52
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
BullsHigh1,90683.031,5826thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53866.701,02644
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12759.1466719
CowsLean 85-90%Average98251.265046thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls2,06595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,9621
Bulls1,59076.15/cwt75.00–77.001,2112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56855.48/cwt52.00–59.008703
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49771.10/cwt70.00–75.001,06415
CowsLean 85-90%96653.76/cwt51.00–57.005194
CowsLean 85-90%1,01546.26/cwt45.00–48.004702
HeifersMedium and Large 3355120.39/cwt115.00–125.004275
BullsMedium and Large 2463135.76/cwt135.00–138.006294
HeifersMedium and Large 2478124.39/cwt120.00–125.0059518
HeifersMedium and Large 2421126.00/cwt125.00–128.0053019
HeifersMedium and Large 3323122.51/cwt120.00–128.0039610
BullsMedium and Large 3572117.99/cwt117.00–120.006756
BullsMedium and Large 3468128.24/cwt122.00–132.006007
BullsMedium and Large 3326145.22/cwt140.00–150.004738
BullsMedium and Large 3619107.19/cwt105.00–114.006645
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11864.31/cwt58.00–70.007197
BullsMedium and Large 3373139.56/cwt135.00–145.0052114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07363.30/cwt54.00–72.0067914
SteersMedium and Large 2462138.61/cwt138.00–139.006408
BullsMedium and Large 3516127.33/cwt125.00–130.006578
HeifersMedium and Large 2361128.95/cwt127.00–130.004663
Bulls2,06383.62/cwt81.00–88.001,7253
BullsMedium and Large 3411135.87/cwt133.00–140.005589
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20862.86/cwt60.00–65.007598
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06856.44/cwt53.00–59.0060311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55965.46/cwt62.00–69.001,02126
HeifersMedium and Large 1522121.50/cwt120.00–122.006344
HeifersMedium and Large 1568116.21/cwt115.00–120.006604
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,19870.08/cwt61.00–81.0084018

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.