Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.22/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$139.22

55 head · 410 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

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

$33.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.76

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	325	163.41	531	2thin
Medium and Large 2	405	142.90	579	34
Medium and Large 3	429	130.10	558	19thin

One grade step is worth $33.31/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale55 hd

139.22

—

GA average15 barns · 1,355 hd

123.46

+15.76

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	—	Low	1,253	78.13	979	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,442	58.88	849	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	57.25	658	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,097	45.61	500	7thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	325	163.41/cwt	162.00–165.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	135.05/cwt	132.00–138.00	625	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	144.31/cwt	140.00–148.00	593	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	276	156.75/cwt	152.00–160.00	433	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	125.01/cwt	122.00–128.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	125.56/cwt	120.00–130.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	119.24/cwt	117.00–120.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	121.85/cwt	120.00–123.00	440	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	332	125.54/cwt	125.00–128.00	417	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	137.00/cwt	136.00–138.00	867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	120.42/cwt	115.00–125.00	517	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	103.28/cwt	100.00–110.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	121.85/cwt	117.00–127.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	109.95/cwt	105.00–115.00	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	119.59/cwt	115.00–125.00	562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	155.70/cwt	150.00–158.00	483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	126.79/cwt	125.00–130.00	453	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	116.73/cwt	110.00–120.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	151.84/cwt	150.00–155.00	560	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	140.14/cwt	137.00–147.00	516	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	260	145.03/cwt	140.00–150.00	377	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	133.63/cwt	128.00–138.00	585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	583	111.48/cwt	110.00–113.00	650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,487	1,216.57/cwt	1,100.00–1,400.00	18,090	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,416	972.33/cwt	800.00–1,050.00	13,768	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	82.65/cwt	80.00–88.00	708	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	55.82/cwt	50.00–63.00	685	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	56.77/cwt	56.00–58.00	666	2
Bulls	—	—	1,250	76.34/cwt	72.00–79.00	954	6
Bulls	—	—	1,260	83.48/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,052	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	61.68/cwt	60.00–64.00	749	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	55.59/cwt	53.00–58.00	625	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	56.35/cwt	55.00–59.00	824	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	45.61/cwt	43.00–49.00	500	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	61.40/cwt	60.00–64.00	872	3

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 Oct 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 160Last week 154Year ago 330

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 27Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 24Year 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	—	325	162.00–165.00	163.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	132.00–138.00	135.05
10	—	411	140.00–148.00	144.31
5	—	276	152.00–160.00	156.75
3	—	523	122.00–128.00	125.01
3	—	665	100.00–110.00	103.28
6	—	310	150.00–158.00	155.70
4	—	369	150.00–155.00	151.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	120.00–130.00	125.56
3	—	510	110.00–120.00	116.73
4	—	368	137.00–147.00	140.14
3	—	260	140.00–150.00	145.03
3	—	438	128.00–138.00	133.63
2	—	583	110.00–113.00	111.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	503	117.00–120.00	119.24
15	—	429	115.00–125.00	120.42
2	—	642	105.00–115.00	109.95
6	—	470	115.00–125.00	119.59
5	—	357	125.00–130.00	126.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	361	120.00–123.00	121.85
5	—	332	125.00–128.00	125.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	117.00–127.00	121.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	136.00–138.00	137.00

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	14	—	1,487	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,216.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,416	800.00–1,050.00	972.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	857	80.00–88.00	82.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,227	50.00–63.00	55.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,173	56.00–58.00	56.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,250	72.00–79.00	76.34
2	—	1,260	81.00–86.00	83.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,215	60.00–64.00	61.68
8	—	1,124	53.00–58.00	55.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,463	55.00–59.00	56.35
3	—	1,420	60.00–64.00	61.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,097	43.00–49.00	45.61

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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