Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-02-09

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 9
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
63 vs last sale 144 80 vs year ago 161 · 49.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
43 vs last sale 59 5 vs year ago 11 · +45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
45 vs last sale 51 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.49/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$153.49
19 head · 394 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$45.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.55
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1390160.7062716thin
Medium and Large 3413115.024753thin
One grade step is worth $45.68/cwt here — about $152 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 sale19 hd
153.49
GA average15 barns · 1,576 hd
144.93
+8.55
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
BullsHigh1,42299.621,4175thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51085.501,2912thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15382.059464thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 1367197.35/cwt195.00–200.007243
BullsMedium and Large 3418141.02/cwt137.00–145.005892
BullsMedium and Large 2408156.79/cwt150.00–159.006404
BullsMedium and Large 2477154.92/cwt149.00–158.007396
HeifersMedium and Large 1335160.57/cwt157.00–167.005384
HeifersMedium and Large 3413115.02/cwt110.00–120.004753
HeifersMedium and Large 1378160.95/cwt155.00–165.006085
HeifersMedium and Large 1430160.59/cwt157.00–165.006917
BullsMedium and Large 2385168.41/cwt165.00–172.006482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24989.79/cwt85.00–97.001,1214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30584.98/cwt75.00–91.001,1093
Bulls1,595103.94/cwt101.00–108.001,6583
Bulls1,16393.15/cwt91.00–96.001,0832
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15382.05/cwt78.00–85.009464
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51085.50/cwt85.00–86.001,2912

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.