Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.79/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$133.79

51 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$2.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	487	135.25	658	24
Medium and Large 3	441	132.49	584	27

One grade step is worth $2.76/cwt here — about $74 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 sale51 hd

133.79

—

GA average16 barns · 1,585 hd

121.90

+11.89

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	1,665	82.00	1,365	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	47.97	563	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,467	47.41	696	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,088	45.33	493	6thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	322	158.39/cwt	155.00–163.00	510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	153.99/cwt	152.00–155.00	581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	148.03/cwt	145.00–150.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	118.78/cwt	115.00–123.00	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	382	142.69/cwt	140.00–145.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	120.27/cwt	118.00–121.00	877	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	123.50/cwt	122.00–125.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	140.40/cwt	139.00–148.00	608	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	131.85/cwt	125.00–134.00	707	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	166.06/cwt	162.00–170.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	124.09/cwt	120.00–128.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	122.99/cwt	117.00–124.00	802	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	124.82/cwt	120.00–127.00	599	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	583	113.31/cwt	110.00–115.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	126.33/cwt	125.00–130.00	667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	120.22/cwt	115.00–123.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	230	124.93/cwt	120.00–130.00	287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	125.96/cwt	125.00–128.00	407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	726	109.51/cwt	108.00–110.00	795	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	122.01/cwt	120.00–128.00	678	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	324	146.34/cwt	143.00–153.00	474	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	488	122.20/cwt	118.00–128.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	137.99/cwt	133.00–143.00	584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	131.72/cwt	128.00–134.00	558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	127.01/cwt	125.00–128.00	650	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,417	968.82/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	13,728	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,363	812.04/cwt	750.00–875.00	11,068	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,111	68.90/cwt	68.00–70.00	765	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	61.33/cwt	53.00–75.00	641	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	47.41/cwt	45.00–50.00	696	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	45.33/cwt	42.00–49.00	493	6
Bulls	—	—	1,665	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,365	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	47.97/cwt	45.00–51.00	563	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 Sep 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 154Last week 126Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 13Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 7Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	155.00–163.00	158.39
3	—	377	152.00–155.00	153.99
4	—	415	145.00–150.00	148.03
4	—	625	115.00–123.00	118.78
5	—	528	125.00–130.00	126.33
5	—	556	120.00–128.00	122.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	115.00–118.00	116.49
3	—	382	140.00–145.00	142.69
3	—	583	110.00–115.00	113.31
4	—	324	143.00–153.00	146.34
5	—	488	118.00–128.00	122.20
10	—	423	133.00–143.00	137.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	729	118.00–121.00	120.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	647	122.00–125.00	123.50
2	—	340	162.00–170.00	166.06
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	433	139.00–148.00	140.40
7	—	536	125.00–134.00	131.85
2	—	568	120.00–128.00	124.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	652	117.00–124.00	122.99
8	—	424	128.00–134.00	131.72
3	—	512	125.00–128.00	127.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	480	120.00–127.00	124.82
6	—	530	115.00–123.00	120.22
3	—	323	125.00–128.00	125.96
4	—	726	108.00–110.00	109.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	230	120.00–130.00	124.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,417	900.00–1,075.00	968.82
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,363	750.00–875.00	812.04
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,111	68.00–70.00	68.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,045	53.00–75.00	61.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,467	45.00–50.00	47.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	42.00–49.00	45.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,174	45.00–51.00	47.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	82.00	82.00

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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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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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