Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-02-02

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 2
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 87▲ 50 vs year ago 94 · +53.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 16▲ 39 vs year ago 20 · +195.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 24▲ 45 vs year ago 6 · +750.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.69/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$139.69
28 head · 369 lb average
Value per head Derived
$516
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.19
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444154.706877thin
Medium and Large 2370142.595276thin
Medium and Large 3334131.5343915thin
One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about $247 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 sale28 hd
139.69
—
GA average15 barns · 2,061 hd
138.50
+1.19
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
Bulls—Average1,37491.661,2607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10071.6578820
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43971.001,02219
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00060.126018thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 2—222175.92/cwt175.00–178.003913
BullsMedium and Large 2—285166.57/cwt165.00–172.004754
BullsMedium and Large 3—303159.53/cwt155.00–164.004832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—222158.08/cwt155.00–165.003513
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371130.85/cwt125.00–135.004854
HeifersMedium and Large 3—311128.36/cwt125.00–135.003995
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426155.50/cwt152.00–159.006624
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418126.09/cwt121.00–131.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 3—284138.90/cwt135.00–145.003944
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517127.09/cwt125.00–131.006573
BullsMedium and Large 3—420136.91/cwt135.00–141.005753
SteersMedium and Large 2—519164.56/cwt159.00–169.008547
SteersMedium and Large 3—594140.66/cwt136.00–143.008363
SteersMedium and Large 3—493152.66/cwt152.00–157.007537
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468153.63/cwt151.00–157.007193
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9781,327.47/cwt1,225.00–1,525.0012,98312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—9901,059.76/cwt965.00–1,200.0010,49212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—86361.69/cwt60.00–63.005323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—91471.11/cwt60.00–82.006505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—73062.33/cwt56.00–70.004554
Bulls——1,35293.16/cwt90.00–96.001,2603
Bulls——2,085105.00/cwt105.00–105.002,1891
Bulls——1,16085.71/cwt85.00–87.009943
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17179.49/cwt77.00–81.009314
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22385.34/cwt83.00–88.001,0442
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43971.00/cwt68.00–75.001,02219
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00060.12/cwt56.00–63.006018
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06267.46/cwt64.00–71.0071614

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.