Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-03-16

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
269 head
107 vs last sale 162 114 vs year ago 383 · 29.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
10 vs last sale 31 2 vs year ago 39 · +5.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
44 vs last sale 59 30 vs year ago 45 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 1.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.04/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$152.04
121 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.18
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478155.7774590
Medium and Large 2437144.876338thin
Medium and Large 3373139.9452123
One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $224 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 sale121 hd
152.04
GA average15 barns · 1,890 hd
142.86
+9.18
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
BullsHigh1,692115.041,9463thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38289.201,23210
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08081.6888218

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 2520148.26/cwt145.00–153.007713
BullsMedium and Large 2432168.44/cwt167.00–170.007282
BullsMedium and Large 3306165.23/cwt160.00–170.0050614
BullsMedium and Large 3428156.63/cwt155.00–165.006706
HeifersMedium and Large 1522151.48/cwt143.00–153.0079113
HeifersMedium and Large 1580138.55/cwt137.00–140.008042
SteersMedium and Large 3377166.99/cwt165.00–175.006305
HeifersMedium and Large 1468156.97/cwt148.00–158.0073575
HeifersMedium and Large 3420136.84/cwt130.00–139.005759
SteersMedium and Large 2469164.34/cwt157.00–167.007717
HeifersMedium and Large 2478139.87/cwt135.00–145.006692
HeifersMedium and Large 3381141.43/cwt135.00–145.005398
HeifersMedium and Large 2423146.54/cwt145.00–150.006206
HeifersMedium and Large 3290142.62/cwt135.00–145.004146
BullsMedium and Large 3370166.68/cwt159.00–169.006178
SteersMedium and Large 1523166.48/cwt165.00–168.008712
SteersMedium and Large 1474182.79/cwt181.00–189.0086626
SteersMedium and Large 3680134.01/cwt126.00–136.009115
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1701,130.98/cwt925.00–1,225.0013,2326
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12776.08/cwt71.00–85.008573
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13483.24/cwt77.00–88.009444
Bulls1,870125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,3381
Bulls1,603110.06/cwt107.00–114.001,7642
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00371.75/cwt69.00–75.007204
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07479.88/cwt77.00–83.008589
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33983.49/cwt81.00–85.001,1184
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41093.00/cwt90.00–95.001,3116
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15192.88/cwt90.00–96.001,0695

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.