Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-09-01

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 1
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
100 vs last sale 233 268 vs year ago 401 · 66.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
4 vs last sale 32 18 vs year ago 54 · 33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
9 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 13 · 30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.89/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$121.89
36 head · 394 lb average
Value per head Derived
$480
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$5
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.18
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2360134.204837thin
Medium and Large 3402118.9247829
One grade step is worth $15.28/cwt here — about $5 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 sale36 hd
121.89
GA average15 barns · 1,599 hd
128.07
−6.18
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
BullsAverage1,48586.011,2772thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09164.8470812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45863.369247thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92847.384403thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
BullsMedium and Large 2345162.93/cwt158.00–168.005622
BullsMedium and Large 3538123.02/cwt118.00–128.006622
BullsMedium and Large 3431140.72/cwt137.00–145.006075
BullsMedium and Large 3317144.77/cwt140.00–148.004598
BullsMedium and Large 3562117.73/cwt115.00–123.006623
HeifersMedium and Large 3525110.04/cwt103.00–113.005786
SteersMedium and Large 3567125.04/cwt117.00–127.007095
SteersMedium and Large 3426146.28/cwt142.00–148.0062316
HeifersMedium and Large 3359124.66/cwt120.00–126.004489
HeifersMedium and Large 3418117.88/cwt116.00–123.004934
HeifersMedium and Large 3471117.16/cwt112.00–120.005524
HeifersMedium and Large 3287121.04/cwt120.00–126.003476
HeifersMedium and Large 2392131.59/cwt130.00–138.005165
HeifersMedium and Large 2280140.72/cwt137.00–145.003942
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3830950.00/cwt950.00–950.007,8852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11590.86/cwt80.00–108.001,0132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03775.91/cwt74.00–80.007873
Bulls1,48586.01/cwt85.00–87.001,2772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14863.94/cwt63.00–65.007343
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14574.15/cwt72.00–75.008494
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01457.93/cwt55.00–62.005875
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36569.84/cwt67.00–73.009532
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49560.77/cwt60.00–62.009095
CowsLean 85-90%92847.38/cwt45.00–51.004403

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.