Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.39/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$133.39

95 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$20.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.58

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	135.96	638	70
Medium and Large 2	423	129.73	549	19thin
Medium and Large 3	437	114.97	502	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.99/cwt here — about $136 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 sale95 hd

133.39

—

GA average13 barns · 1,472 hd

128.81

+4.58

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
Bulls	—	High	1,603	97.75	1,567	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,373	73.33	1,007	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,112	73.03	812	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	872	61.05	532	5thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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%	—	1,373	76.96/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,057	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	61.05/cwt	58.00–64.00	532	5
Bulls	—	—	1,603	97.75/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,567	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	76.01/cwt	74.00–78.00	873	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	70.04/cwt	67.00–73.00	754	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	72.19/cwt	68.00–75.00	991	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	284	135.20/cwt	130.00–138.00	384	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	140.29/cwt	135.00–145.00	591	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	148.77/cwt	143.00–151.00	861	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	142.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	444	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	135.30/cwt	134.00–138.00	760	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	152.27/cwt	147.00–157.00	644	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	162.53/cwt	160.00–165.00	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	127.49/cwt	122.00–130.00	618	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	137.12/cwt	132.00–141.00	646	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	128.82/cwt	127.00–131.00	761	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	132.79/cwt	130.00–134.00	700	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	173.93/cwt	170.00–178.00	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	155.55/cwt	154.00–160.00	661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	148.52/cwt	147.00–153.00	680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	144.46/cwt	140.00–148.00	539	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	161.80/cwt	160.00–163.00	540	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	143.00/cwt	137.00–146.00	623	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	128.49/cwt	127.00–130.00	569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	139.96/cwt	135.00–145.00	526	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,093	824.66/cwt	675.00–975.00	9,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	114.97/cwt	112.00–118.00	502	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	134.30/cwt	132.00–140.00	787	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	67.51/cwt	67.00–68.00	714	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	71.27/cwt	69.00–74.00	873	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	153.99/cwt	152.00–155.00	804	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	147.34/cwt	146.00–150.00	675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	146.55/cwt	145.00–148.00	554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	305	153.29/cwt	150.00–158.00	468	6

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 Jun 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 201Year ago 186

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 37Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 4Year ago 12

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,373	76.00–78.00	76.96
16	—	1,373	68.00–75.00	72.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	872	58.00–64.00	61.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,148	74.00–78.00	76.01
12	—	1,076	67.00–73.00	70.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,603	94.00–101.00	97.75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	284	130.00–138.00	135.20
10	—	485	122.00–130.00	127.49
4	—	443	127.00–130.00	128.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	135.00–145.00	140.29
5	—	312	140.00–145.00	142.42
15	—	471	132.00–141.00	137.12
13	—	591	127.00–131.00	128.82
15	—	527	130.00–134.00	132.79
14	—	376	135.00–145.00	139.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	437	112.00–118.00	114.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	579	143.00–151.00	148.77
4	—	413	170.00–178.00	173.93
6	—	522	152.00–155.00	153.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	160.00–165.00	162.53
8	—	425	154.00–160.00	155.55
8	—	458	147.00–153.00	148.52
7	—	586	132.00–140.00	134.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	140.00–148.00	144.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	562	134.00–138.00	135.30
8	—	423	147.00–157.00	152.27
6	—	458	146.00–150.00	147.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	334	160.00–163.00	161.80
10	—	436	137.00–146.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	145.00–148.00	146.55
6	—	305	150.00–158.00	153.29

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	4	—	1,093	675.00–975.00	824.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,058	67.00–68.00	67.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,225	69.00–74.00	71.27

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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Reporter comment USDA

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

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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