Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-03-02

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 2
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
39 vs last sale 132 171 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
24 vs last sale 31 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
2 vs last sale 18 20 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 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady to 2.00 lower, heifer calves steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.85/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$144.85
47 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$275
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$23.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.44
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2397151.9960416thin
Medium and Large 3415144.1759925
Medium and Large 1683128.628786thin
One grade step is worth $23.37/cwt here — about −$275 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 sale47 hd
144.85
GA average15 barns · 1,411 hd
149.29
−4.44
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
BullsHigh1,686113.331,9114thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10285.2493917
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46681.021,18824
CowsLean 85-90%Low77866.505173thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 3513144.02/cwt140.00–148.007392
BullsMedium and Large 3468155.71/cwt152.00–158.007294
HeifersMedium and Large 2282155.90/cwt155.00–160.004405
HeifersMedium and Large 3308147.52/cwt145.00–150.004544
BullsMedium and Large 2653125.02/cwt120.00–130.008162
BullsMedium and Large 3447160.98/cwt157.00–165.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 2431152.38/cwt150.00–158.006576
SteersMedium and Large 2418182.43/cwt180.00–185.007632
SteersMedium and Large 3435169.89/cwt165.00–175.007392
HeifersMedium and Large 2472147.61/cwt147.00–150.006975
SteersMedium and Large 2560154.52/cwt152.00–157.008652
SteersMedium and Large 3478156.18/cwt152.00–162.007473
SteersMedium and Large 3311173.28/cwt170.00–180.005397
HeifersMedium and Large 3416145.90/cwt140.00–148.006078
HeifersMedium and Large 1683128.62/cwt125.00–133.008786
HeifersMedium and Large 3473140.07/cwt135.00–145.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 3527136.44/cwt132.00–138.007194
HeifersMedium and Large 3364148.18/cwt143.00–153.005395
SteersMedium and Large 2330197.46/cwt195.00–200.006522
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3990737.88/cwt700.00–775.007,3054
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298976.80/cwt67.00–85.007606
Bulls1,686113.33/cwt108.00–115.001,9114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13276.08/cwt72.00–79.008616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06492.80/cwt90.00–97.009877
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54685.83/cwt82.00–88.001,3277
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39090.59/cwt89.00–94.001,2593
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44276.57/cwt73.00–80.001,10414
CowsLean 85-90%77866.50/cwt62.00–69.005173
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12485.76/cwt84.00–89.009644

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.