Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-07-21

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jul 21
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
78 vs last sale 337 114 vs year ago 145 · +78.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
11 vs last sale 55 25 vs year ago 19 · +131.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
22 vs last sale 5 14 vs year ago 13 · +107.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.28/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$141.28
70 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.80
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2466143.3266848
Medium and Large 3451136.8261722
One grade step is worth $6.49/cwt here — about $50 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 sale70 hd
141.28
GA average14 barns · 1,419 hd
137.47
+3.80
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
BullsAverage1,57386.461,3602thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09365.0371112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45163.869279thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09066.97/cwt64.00–71.007308
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09861.15/cwt58.00–63.006714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41570.06/cwt66.00–73.009914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48058.90/cwt56.00–63.008725
Bulls1,57386.46/cwt84.00–89.001,3602
HeifersMedium and Large 1461141.49/cwt141.00–143.006524
BullsMedium and Large 2523134.04/cwt130.00–135.0070110
SteersMedium and Large 3680124.24/cwt124.00–125.008458
SteersMedium and Large 2564137.97/cwt135.00–145.007784
SteersMedium and Large 2746114.62/cwt109.00–116.008555
HeifersMedium and Large 2435136.37/cwt132.00–142.005934
BullsMedium and Large 2464140.93/cwt135.00–145.006548
BullsMedium and Large 3478130.02/cwt127.00–133.006214
SteersMedium and Large 3272143.20/cwt140.00–148.003904
BullsMedium and Large 2620124.67/cwt119.00–127.007739
BullsMedium and Large 2423148.99/cwt147.00–152.0063010
HeifersMedium and Large 3321122.64/cwt120.00–130.003948
HeifersMedium and Large 2522128.86/cwt128.00–133.0067315
BullsMedium and Large 2329163.58/cwt163.00–165.0053811
HeifersMedium and Large 2577125.03/cwt120.00–129.0072110
HeifersMedium and Large 2283144.25/cwt141.00–150.004088
HeifersMedium and Large 3680110.46/cwt108.00–115.007516
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14379.15/cwt73.00–87.009053
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15869.71/cwt60.00–81.008078
SteersMedium and Large 2477150.17/cwt145.00–153.007168
HeifersMedium and Large 3470119.74/cwt118.00–123.005633
BullsMedium and Large 3507125.77/cwt125.00–128.006388
BullsMedium and Large 3396148.39/cwt145.00–153.0058810

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.