Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-10-20

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
112 vs last sale 190 51 vs year ago 129 · 39.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
17 vs last sale 51 17 vs year ago 17 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
5 vs last sale 27 1 vs year ago 21 · +4.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls light 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 $124.40/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$124.40
27 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.64
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503125.156296thin
Medium and Large 3325124.594053thin
Medium and Large 2429124.1253318thin
One grade step is worth $1.03/cwt here — about $96 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 sale27 hd
124.40
GA average17 barns · 1,948 hd
123.77
+0.64
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,07157.546168thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,29055.937212thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98046.654578thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1387157.93/cwt152.00–159.006116
BullsMedium and Large 2370147.60/cwt145.00–150.005462
BullsMedium and Large 2573123.36/cwt119.00–128.007072
HeifersMedium and Large 1558124.52/cwt120.00–129.006952
HeifersMedium and Large 1475125.46/cwt123.00–127.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 2395125.80/cwt125.00–130.004976
HeifersMedium and Large 3325124.59/cwt122.00–127.004053
HeifersMedium and Large 2482119.21/cwt115.00–121.005755
SteersMedium and Large 1615129.02/cwt128.00–130.007932
SteersMedium and Large 1532142.68/cwt140.00–148.007593
SteersMedium and Large 1428161.21/cwt155.00–165.006905
SteersMedium and Large 3356138.77/cwt138.00–143.004947
HeifersMedium and Large 2421126.19/cwt122.00–128.005317
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,542858.51/cwt825.00–925.0013,2386
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,26062.74/cwt58.00–69.007913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297779.34/cwt77.00–81.007753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,23858.02/cwt51.00–67.007186
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11151.86/cwt50.00–55.005765
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00367.01/cwt65.00–68.006723
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29055.93/cwt54.00–58.007212
CowsLean 85-90%84352.42/cwt51.00–54.004422
CowsLean 85-90%1,02544.73/cwt42.00–47.004586

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.