Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.06/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$126.06

64 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$77

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$37.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.58

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	313	160.44	502	2thin
Medium and Large 2	513	126.77	651	29
Medium and Large 3	469	123.36	579	33

One grade step is worth $37.08/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale64 hd

126.06

—

GA average15 barns · 1,438 hd

126.65

−0.58

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	1,472	71.81	1,057	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,035	67.95	703	13

Every lot, as filed

36 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	Boner 80-85%	—	986	65.05/cwt	63.00–70.00	641	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	75.56/cwt	72.00–79.00	812	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	57.61/cwt	53.00–61.00	625	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,611	67.08/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,081	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	75.59/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,028	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	160.44/cwt	158.00–163.00	502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	118.16/cwt	117.00–123.00	861	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	677	107.34/cwt	105.00–110.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	316	148.58/cwt	147.00–153.00	470	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	118.16/cwt	115.00–125.00	677	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	536	122.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	658	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	768	105.07/cwt	102.00–108.00	807	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	114.91/cwt	110.00–120.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	124.57/cwt	120.00–130.00	450	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	147.74/cwt	145.00–153.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	118.85/cwt	115.00–125.00	569	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	133.43/cwt	132.00–135.00	371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	122.53/cwt	115.00–125.00	778	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	128.30/cwt	122.00–132.00	407	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	120.70/cwt	116.00–125.00	506	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	139.98/cwt	137.00–143.00	445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	586	107.73/cwt	105.00–110.00	631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	135.21/cwt	132.00–140.00	514	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	128.61/cwt	125.00–133.00	568	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	529	112.82/cwt	107.00–115.00	597	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	124.01/cwt	120.00–130.00	589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	125.04/cwt	120.00–128.00	338	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	104.28/cwt	100.00–108.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	115.04/cwt	110.00–120.00	395	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	130.98/cwt	130.00–133.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	115.80/cwt	110.00–119.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	133.96/cwt	130.00–137.00	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	135.97/cwt	135.00–138.00	783	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	138.44/cwt	137.00–140.00	724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	122.45/cwt	122.00–124.00	825	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	104.93/cwt	100.00–110.00	504	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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 214Last week 235Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 45Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	986	63.00–70.00	65.05
5	—	1,074	72.00–79.00	75.56
2	—	1,085	53.00–61.00	57.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,611	65.00–71.00	67.08
5	—	1,360	73.00–80.00	75.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	158.00–163.00	160.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	105.00–110.00	107.34
6	—	316	147.00–153.00	148.58
7	—	573	115.00–125.00	118.16
8	—	536	120.00–125.00	122.78
2	—	768	102.00–108.00	105.07
3	—	375	145.00–153.00	147.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	137.00–143.00	139.98
4	—	586	105.00–110.00	107.73
5	—	380	132.00–140.00	135.21
5	—	442	125.00–133.00	128.61
6	—	529	107.00–115.00	112.82
11	—	475	120.00–130.00	124.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	729	117.00–123.00	118.16
6	—	576	135.00–138.00	135.97
2	—	523	137.00–140.00	138.44
9	—	674	122.00–124.00	122.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	635	115.00–125.00	122.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	130.00–133.00	130.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	110.00–120.00	114.91
6	—	361	120.00–130.00	124.57
8	—	479	115.00–125.00	118.85
2	—	278	132.00–135.00	133.43
4	—	317	122.00–132.00	128.30
5	—	419	116.00–125.00	120.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	120.00–128.00	125.04
3	—	540	100.00–108.00	104.28
2	—	343	110.00–120.00	115.04
3	—	480	100.00–110.00	104.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	632	110.00–119.00	115.80
3	—	415	130.00–137.00	133.96

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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