Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, bull calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.09/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$138.09

39 head · 389 lb average

Value per head Derived

$537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$21.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.41

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	338	152.90	517	12thin
Medium and Large 3	411	131.51	541	27

One grade step is worth $21.39/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale39 hd

138.09

—

GA average15 barns · 1,359 hd

126.68

+11.41

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	1,405	86.00	1,208	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,131	56.97	644	5thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 2	—	316	153.36/cwt	150.00–155.00	485	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	354	152.57/cwt	150.00–153.00	540	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	129.52/cwt	127.00–137.00	552	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	124.94/cwt	122.00–128.00	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	482	127.62/cwt	125.00–130.00	615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	144.59/cwt	140.00–148.00	460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	697	115.01/cwt	110.00–120.00	802	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	219	145.94/cwt	140.00–150.00	320	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	130.69/cwt	126.00–132.00	680	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	387	137.71/cwt	130.00–140.00	533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	138.73/cwt	135.00–140.00	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	129.92/cwt	125.00–135.00	533	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	139.93/cwt	135.00–145.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	589	110.60/cwt	110.00–113.00	651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	122.03/cwt	120.00–124.00	626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	111.47/cwt	105.00–115.00	525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	120.28/cwt	115.00–123.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	115.04/cwt	110.00–116.00	734	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	62.92/cwt	61.00–65.00	702	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	56.61/cwt	51.00–65.00	628	5
Bulls	—	—	1,185	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	960	1
Bulls	—	—	1,625	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,479	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	56.97/cwt	54.00–59.00	644	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 Sep 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 126Last week 243Year ago 252

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 27Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 30Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	316	150.00–155.00	153.36
7	—	354	150.00–153.00	152.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	127.00–137.00	129.52
2	—	515	122.00–128.00	124.94
3	—	482	125.00–130.00	127.62
4	—	318	140.00–148.00	144.59
5	—	219	140.00–150.00	145.94
2	—	380	135.00–145.00	139.93
5	—	589	110.00–113.00	110.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	697	110.00–120.00	115.01
6	—	520	126.00–132.00	130.69
4	—	458	135.00–140.00	138.73
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	387	130.00–140.00	137.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	125.00–135.00	129.92
6	—	513	120.00–124.00	122.03
3	—	559	115.00–123.00	120.28
6	—	638	110.00–116.00	115.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	471	105.00–115.00	111.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,115	61.00–65.00	62.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,110	51.00–65.00	56.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	81.00	81.00
1	—	1,625	91.00	91.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,131	54.00–59.00	56.97

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

Bulls · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle