Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

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 unevenly steady, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.66/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$114.66

88 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$16.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.60

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	126.24	637	8thin
Medium and Large 2	487	116.94	569	41
Medium and Large 3	449	109.89	493	39

One grade step is worth $16.35/cwt here — about $144 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 sale88 hd

114.66

—

GA average16 barns · 1,434 hd

119.26

−4.60

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,057	53.99	571	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,306	52.55	686	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,056	45.23	478	18

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	463	130.94/cwt	127.00–135.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	129.05/cwt	125.00–133.00	529	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	126.01/cwt	123.00–130.00	649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	108.01/cwt	105.00–110.00	693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	138.52/cwt	135.00–145.00	506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	106.69/cwt	105.00–110.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	109.92/cwt	105.00–115.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	90.07/cwt	85.00–95.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	492	102.97/cwt	100.00–108.00	507	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	132.27/cwt	128.00–138.00	579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	127.32/cwt	125.00–130.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	129.11/cwt	125.00–135.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	115.04/cwt	110.00–120.00	485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	127.66/cwt	123.00–133.00	493	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	110.02/cwt	105.00–115.00	671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	112.32/cwt	110.00–118.00	584	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	124.23/cwt	122.00–130.00	544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	311	120.37/cwt	115.00–125.00	374	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	128.83/cwt	123.00–133.00	593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	113.72/cwt	110.00–120.00	528	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	102.44/cwt	100.00–105.00	697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	581	99.08/cwt	93.00–103.00	576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	121.92/cwt	118.00–128.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	116.84/cwt	110.00–120.00	430	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	57.47/cwt	55.00–60.00	575	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,198	58.16/cwt	52.00–65.00	697	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	665	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,099	79.14/cwt	72.00–92.00	870	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,248	927.56/cwt	900.00–950.00	11,576	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	53.99/cwt	51.00–58.00	571	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,306	52.55/cwt	50.00–56.00	686	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	45.23/cwt	42.00–49.00	478	18

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 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 190Last week 160Year ago 189

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 49Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 36Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	127.00–135.00	130.94
3	—	515	123.00–130.00	126.01
4	—	642	105.00–110.00	108.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	125.00–133.00	129.05
3	—	365	135.00–145.00	138.52
3	—	578	105.00–110.00	106.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	105.00–115.00	109.92
10	—	386	123.00–133.00	127.66
4	—	610	105.00–115.00	110.02
8	—	520	110.00–118.00	112.32
5	—	438	122.00–130.00	124.23
9	—	464	110.00–120.00	113.72
2	—	680	100.00–105.00	102.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	715	85.00–95.00	90.07
5	—	492	100.00–108.00	102.97
3	—	422	110.00–120.00	115.04
10	—	311	115.00–125.00	120.37
4	—	581	93.00–103.00	99.08
11	—	368	110.00–120.00	116.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	123.00–133.00	128.83
3	—	578	118.00–128.00	121.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	438	128.00–138.00	132.27
3	—	528	125.00–130.00	127.32
3	—	485	125.00–135.00	129.11

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)	3	—	1,000	55.00–60.00	57.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	70.00	70.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,099	72.00–92.00	79.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,198	52.00–65.00	58.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,248	900.00–950.00	927.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,057	51.00–58.00	53.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,306	50.00–56.00	52.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,056	42.00–49.00	45.23

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

Heifers · 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