Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.69/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$142.69

69 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$25.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.86

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	411	163.76	673	8thin
Medium and Large 2	587	140.24	823	49
Medium and Large 3	526	138.64	729	12thin

One grade step is worth $25.12/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale69 hd

142.69

—

GA average13 barns · 881 hd

150.55

−7.86

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	2,040	104.00	2,122	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,064	66.64	709	15

Every lot, as filed

31 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%	—	1,062	56.62/cwt	56.00–58.00	601	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	69.14/cwt	65.00–72.00	736	12
Bulls	—	—	2,040	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	2,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	146.15/cwt	143.00–147.00	614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	108.19/cwt	107.00–109.00	800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	163.76/cwt	163.00–167.00	673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	130.62/cwt	128.00–134.00	880	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	136.65/cwt	133.00–143.00	836	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	144.29/cwt	140.00–148.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	149.07/cwt	145.00–155.00	723	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	164.98/cwt	162.00–170.00	629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	112.98/cwt	107.00–117.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	125.44/cwt	123.00–133.00	656	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	491	131.39/cwt	130.00–135.00	645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	129.38/cwt	125.00–135.00	481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	130.31/cwt	125.00–135.00	424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	137.27/cwt	135.00–141.00	597	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	166.26/cwt	165.00–170.00	542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	128.21/cwt	124.00–131.00	930	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	582	109.64/cwt	105.00–115.00	638	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	636	129.21/cwt	125.00–131.00	822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	134.77/cwt	130.00–139.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	118.88/cwt	115.00–123.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	431	142.20/cwt	140.00–145.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	493	123.40/cwt	120.00–125.00	608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	159.51/cwt	153.00–163.00	531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	155.50/cwt	152.00–162.00	675	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	125.32/cwt	122.00–130.00	962	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	127.46/cwt	125.00–131.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	128.39/cwt	125.00–132.00	535	7

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 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 263Last week 291Year ago 275

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 22Year ago 9

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,062	56.00–58.00	56.62
12	—	1,064	65.00–72.00	69.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,040	104.00	104.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	420	143.00–147.00	146.15
5	—	739	107.00–109.00	108.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	107.00–117.00	112.98
4	—	523	123.00–133.00	125.44
22	—	435	135.00–141.00	137.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	125.00–135.00	129.38
4	—	325	125.00–135.00	130.31
8	—	582	105.00–115.00	109.64
5	—	493	120.00–125.00	123.40
7	—	417	125.00–132.00	128.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	411	163.00–167.00	163.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	674	128.00–134.00	130.62
6	—	612	133.00–143.00	136.65
3	—	517	140.00–148.00	144.29
10	—	485	145.00–155.00	149.07
4	—	326	165.00–170.00	166.26
4	—	725	124.00–131.00	128.21
5	—	434	152.00–162.00	155.50
9	—	768	122.00–130.00	125.32
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	636	125.00–131.00	129.21
4	—	533	130.00–139.00	134.77
3	—	333	153.00–163.00	159.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	381	162.00–170.00	164.98
4	—	575	125.00–131.00	127.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	491	130.00–135.00	131.39
2	—	520	115.00–123.00	118.88
2	—	610	112.00–115.00	113.51
4	—	431	140.00–145.00	142.20

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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