Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and heifer calves steady, bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.82/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$116.82

54 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$10.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.37

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	494	118.02	584	24
Medium and Large 1	586	117.09	686	26
Medium and Large 3	472	107.92	509	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.10/cwt here — about $74 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 sale54 hd

116.82

—

GA average15 barns · 1,285 hd

118.20

−1.37

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	2,170	93.00	2,018	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	66.16	918	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	57.60	664	6thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	2,170	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	2,018	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	63.85/cwt	60.00–67.00	682	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	54.47/cwt	53.00–55.00	651	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	66.16/cwt	65.00–69.00	918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	117.61/cwt	117.00–120.00	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	113.55/cwt	111.00–115.00	714	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,053	912.10/cwt	850.00–975.00	9,604	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	62.54/cwt	60.00–65.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	115.14/cwt	110.00–117.00	595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	130.89/cwt	127.00–135.00	694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	116.48/cwt	115.00–118.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	121.41/cwt	118.00–122.00	653	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	110.06/cwt	107.00–113.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	135.61/cwt	133.00–143.00	567	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	335	144.51/cwt	140.00–148.00	484	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	371	135.95/cwt	132.00–140.00	504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	107.92/cwt	105.00–110.00	509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	124.55/cwt	120.00–128.00	513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	121.02/cwt	115.00–125.00	580	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	109.94/cwt	107.00–113.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	119.90/cwt	115.00–125.00	553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	574	112.02/cwt	110.00–115.00	643	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	481	126.47/cwt	125.00–129.00	608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	106.05/cwt	102.00–110.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	133.26/cwt	130.00–138.00	640	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	140.04/cwt	135.00–141.00	676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	127.80/cwt	122.00–132.00	751	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	907	1,033.13/cwt	1,000.00–1,075.00	9,370	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	723	94.04/cwt	90.00–98.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	538	113.37/cwt	110.00–120.00	610	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 May 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 301Year ago 115

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 80Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 71Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,170	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	60.00–67.00	63.85
4	—	1,195	53.00–55.00	54.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,388	65.00–69.00	66.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	117.00–120.00	117.61
9	—	629	111.00–115.00	113.55
10	—	538	118.00–122.00	121.41
2	—	668	107.00–113.00	110.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	517	110.00–117.00	115.14
4	—	412	120.00–128.00	124.55
8	—	479	115.00–125.00	121.02
3	—	578	107.00–113.00	109.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	472	105.00–110.00	107.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	127.00–135.00	130.89
2	—	668	115.00–118.00	116.48
2	—	770	102.00–110.00	106.05
7	—	483	135.00–141.00	140.04
4	—	588	122.00–132.00	127.80
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	461	115.00–125.00	119.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	133.00–143.00	135.61
8	—	480	130.00–138.00	133.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	335	140.00–148.00	144.51
4	—	371	132.00–140.00	135.95
5	—	574	110.00–115.00	112.02
4	—	481	125.00–129.00	126.47
2	—	723	90.00–98.00	94.04
3	—	538	110.00–120.00	113.37

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	—	1,053	850.00–975.00	912.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	907	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,033.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,088	60.00–65.00	62.54

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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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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Feeder Cattle

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