Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.33/cwt on 82 head.

Average price

$128.33

82 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$144

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

$6.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.15

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	380	133.09	505	18thin
Medium and Large 1	577	128.12	740	18thin
Medium and Large 2	513	126.55	649	46

One grade step is worth $6.55/cwt here — about −$144 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 sale82 hd

128.33

—

GA average13 barns · 1,547 hd

132.48

−4.15

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	—	Average	1,870	89.00	1,664	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,135	63.60	722	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,491	62.24	928	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	52.40	539	3thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	52.40/cwt	51.00–54.00	539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	142.99/cwt	142.00–144.00	582	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	145.87/cwt	143.00–150.00	766	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	142.12/cwt	140.00–143.00	802	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	135.24/cwt	130.00–140.00	840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	311	138.39/cwt	135.00–145.00	430	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	137.26/cwt	130.00–139.00	738	5
Bulls	—	—	1,870	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,664	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	67.62/cwt	66.00–71.00	815	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	59.58/cwt	57.00–63.00	634	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	62.24/cwt	61.00–65.00	928	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	140.61/cwt	135.00–145.00	522	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	109.70/cwt	107.00–117.00	687	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	127.32/cwt	125.00–128.00	674	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	154.49/cwt	154.00–155.00	714	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	140.01/cwt	135.00–145.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	121.44/cwt	118.00–128.00	523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	150.70/cwt	145.00–155.00	662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	121.03/cwt	117.00–123.00	823	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	387	160.57/cwt	158.00–163.00	621	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	123.54/cwt	120.00–128.00	709	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,225	757.65/cwt	700.00–825.00	9,281	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	54.34/cwt	51.00–58.00	510	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	72.81/cwt	70.00–75.00	843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	165.96/cwt	164.00–168.00	680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	132.27/cwt	129.00–136.00	903	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	136.84/cwt	130.00–138.00	580	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	122.03/cwt	117.00–124.00	831	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	125.72/cwt	124.00–126.00	718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	118.38/cwt	115.00–125.00	548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	129.74/cwt	128.00–130.00	624	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	142.97/cwt	138.00–148.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	124.02/cwt	120.00–125.00	647	5

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 Aug 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 259Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 44Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 27Year ago 11

No trend available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,028	51.00–54.00	52.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,206	66.00–71.00	67.62
5	—	1,064	57.00–63.00	59.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,491	61.00–65.00	62.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	89.00	89.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	407	142.00–144.00	142.99
7	—	681	117.00–124.00	122.03
7	—	571	124.00–126.00	125.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	311	135.00–145.00	138.39
7	—	371	135.00–145.00	140.61
3	—	431	118.00–128.00	121.44
3	—	463	115.00–125.00	118.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	626	107.00–117.00	109.70
15	—	529	125.00–128.00	127.32
7	—	424	130.00–138.00	136.84
16	—	481	128.00–130.00	129.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	525	143.00–150.00	145.87
8	—	564	140.00–143.00	142.12
10	—	621	130.00–140.00	135.24
8	—	462	154.00–155.00	154.49
8	—	410	164.00–168.00	165.96
12	—	683	129.00–136.00	132.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	130.00–139.00	137.26
5	—	485	135.00–145.00	140.01
5	—	439	145.00–155.00	150.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	117.00–123.00	121.03
6	—	387	158.00–163.00	160.57
6	—	574	120.00–128.00	123.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	138.00–148.00	142.97
5	—	522	120.00–125.00	124.02

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	—	1,225	700.00–825.00	757.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	938	51.00–58.00	54.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,158	70.00–75.00	72.81

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

Replacement Cattle