Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.19/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$129.19

69 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$11.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.10

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	133.06	675	36
Medium and Large 2	470	128.24	602	16thin
Medium and Large 3	353	121.88	430	17thin

One grade step is worth $11.18/cwt here — about $245 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

129.19

—

GA average16 barns · 1,993 hd

128.09

+1.10

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	1,800	93.00	1,674	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	66.11	784	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,461	65.06	950	10

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	172.54/cwt	170.00–175.00	569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	685	102.55/cwt	100.00–105.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	606	119.96/cwt	115.00–125.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	115.02/cwt	112.00–118.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	733	110.93/cwt	107.00–115.00	813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	115.71/cwt	110.00–120.00	654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	157.82/cwt	153.00–163.00	687	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	119.89/cwt	115.00–125.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	132.79/cwt	127.00–137.00	560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	137.60/cwt	137.00–140.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	152.63/cwt	151.00–154.00	785	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	137.81/cwt	133.00–143.00	652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	147.37/cwt	145.00–150.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	228	130.67/cwt	125.00–135.00	298	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	125.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	117.02/cwt	115.00–118.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	105.73/cwt	100.00–110.00	547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	125.04/cwt	120.00–130.00	363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	130.57/cwt	125.00–133.00	704	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	524	120.12/cwt	115.00–125.00	629	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	110.67/cwt	110.00–112.00	800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	141.93/cwt	138.00–145.00	610	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	135.88/cwt	132.00–140.00	632	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	124.74/cwt	120.00–128.00	611	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	141.49/cwt	140.00–143.00	450	2
Bulls	—	—	1,800	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,674	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	70.02/cwt	67.00–74.00	840	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	60.25/cwt	57.00–64.00	703	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	68.29/cwt	66.00–73.00	957	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	60.21/cwt	57.00–64.00	934	4

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 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 233Last week 184Year ago 223

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 16Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	170.00–175.00	172.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	100.00–105.00	102.55
3	—	565	110.00–120.00	115.71
12	—	524	115.00–125.00	120.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	606	115.00–125.00	119.96
2	—	660	112.00–118.00	115.02
2	—	733	107.00–115.00	110.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	435	153.00–163.00	157.82
3	—	487	145.00–150.00	147.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	603	137.00–140.00	137.60
19	—	514	151.00–154.00	152.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	133.00–143.00	137.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	115.00–125.00	119.89
4	—	422	127.00–137.00	132.79
8	—	490	120.00–128.00	124.74
2	—	318	140.00–143.00	141.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	228	125.00–135.00	130.67
2	—	375	120.00–130.00	125.07
3	—	465	115.00–118.00	117.02
3	—	517	100.00–110.00	105.73
4	—	290	120.00–130.00	125.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	539	125.00–133.00	130.57
3	—	723	110.00–112.00	110.67
8	—	430	138.00–145.00	141.93
11	—	465	132.00–140.00	135.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,199	67.00–74.00	70.02
4	—	1,166	57.00–64.00	60.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,401	66.00–73.00	68.29
4	—	1,551	57.00–64.00	60.21

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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