Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-02-23

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 23
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
53 vs last sale 185 1 vs year ago 131 · +0.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
47 vs last sale 78 17 vs year ago 14 · +121.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
4 vs last sale 22 14 vs year ago 4 · +350.0%
View

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 steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.23/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$149.23
31 head · 371 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$352
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.43
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1417157.5865716thin
Medium and Large 2522146.067625thin
Medium and Large 3222137.4630510thin
One grade step is worth $20.12/cwt here — about $352 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 sale31 hd
149.23
GA average15 barns · 1,640 hd
145.81
+3.43
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
BullsHigh1,649102.401,6884thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53880.891,2444thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09479.638715thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87657.845075thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1538158.41/cwt150.00–160.008526
BullsMedium and Large 2367177.23/cwt170.00–180.0065014
BullsMedium and Large 3540138.49/cwt137.00–140.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 1367163.79/cwt162.00–170.006018
HeifersMedium and Large 1618136.02/cwt132.00–140.008412
SteersMedium and Large 2623149.03/cwt148.00–150.009282
SteersMedium and Large 3342164.29/cwt162.00–170.0056216
SteersMedium and Large 3463159.58/cwt157.00–167.007397
HeifersMedium and Large 1416156.49/cwt155.00–158.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 2522146.06/cwt141.00–151.007625
HeifersMedium and Large 3222137.46/cwt135.00–140.0030510
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1801,302.54/cwt1,225.00–1,375.0015,3704
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,025807.95/cwt750.00–875.008,28110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,05883.26/cwt77.00–98.008814
Bulls1,825109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,9891
Bulls1,590100.20/cwt98.00–101.001,5933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08581.79/cwt79.00–86.008873
CowsLean 85-90%94252.14/cwt48.00–54.004913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10876.39/cwt75.00–78.008462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53880.89/cwt77.00–84.001,2444
CowsLean 85-90%77866.40/cwt63.00–70.005172

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.