Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.62/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$129.62

27 head · 438 lb average

Value per head Derived

$568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$184

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

$5.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.14

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	372	131.92	491	16thin
Medium and Large 2	534	126.28	675	11thin

One grade step is worth $5.64/cwt here — about −$184 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

129.62

—

GA average15 barns · 1,531 hd

127.48

+2.14

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	—	High	1,423	91.42	1,301	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,346	54.13	729	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,156	53.69	621	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	46.39	458	13

Every lot, as filed

21 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	—	622	115.99/cwt	112.00–118.00	721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	115.70/cwt	112.00–118.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	431	131.46/cwt	127.00–135.00	567	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	131.54/cwt	130.00–133.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	138.54/cwt	137.00–140.00	526	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	126.52/cwt	125.00–128.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	146.49/cwt	145.00–148.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	132.65/cwt	130.00–138.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	268	126.83/cwt	120.00–130.00	340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	109.94/cwt	105.00–115.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	114.01/cwt	108.00–118.00	654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	157.63/cwt	155.00–160.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	118.48/cwt	113.00–123.00	557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	138.98/cwt	137.00–140.00	368	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	113.30/cwt	110.00–118.00	407	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,126	854.88/cwt	750.00–950.00	9,626	8
Bulls	—	—	1,423	91.42/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,301	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	53.69/cwt	50.00–56.00	621	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,346	54.13/cwt	51.00–58.00	729	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	778	52.57/cwt	50.00–55.00	409	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	45.27/cwt	42.00–48.00	464	11

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 Nov 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 166Year ago 247

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 20Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 6Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	112.00–118.00	115.99
4	—	574	112.00–118.00	115.70
2	—	478	130.00–133.00	131.54
2	—	380	155.00–160.00	157.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	431	127.00–135.00	131.46
2	—	380	137.00–140.00	138.54
4	—	470	113.00–123.00	118.48
6	—	265	137.00–140.00	138.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	125.00–128.00	126.52
3	—	458	130.00–138.00	132.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	268	120.00–130.00	126.83
2	—	410	105.00–115.00	109.94
4	—	359	110.00–118.00	113.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	108.00–118.00	114.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	145.00–148.00	146.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,126	750.00–950.00	854.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	89.00–94.00	91.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,156	50.00–56.00	53.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,346	51.00–58.00	54.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	50.00–55.00	52.57
11	—	1,024	42.00–48.00	45.27

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