Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-03-23

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 23
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
98 vs last sale 269 131 vs year ago 302 · 43.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
42 vs last sale 41 37 vs year ago 46 · +80.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
34 vs last sale 15 22 vs year ago 27 · +81.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and bull calves steady, heifer 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 $156.90/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$156.90
71 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$779
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$328
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.31
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528164.2086751
Medium and Large 2436148.516487thin
Medium and Large 3406132.7953913thin
One grade step is worth $31.41/cwt here — about $328 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 sale71 hd
156.90
GA average15 barns · 1,602 hd
143.59
+13.31
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
BullsHigh1,611113.091,8225thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38591.951,27320
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08684.6491947
CowsLean 85-90%Average99264.296385thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 3467162.01/cwt157.00–165.007578
BullsMedium and Large 2612131.23/cwt123.00–133.008036
HeifersMedium and Large 1654137.20/cwt130.00–139.008975
HeifersMedium and Large 1431164.93/cwt163.00–170.0071126
HeifersMedium and Large 3334136.30/cwt133.00–143.004555
HeifersMedium and Large 3357135.97/cwt130.00–140.004855
SteersMedium and Large 3625139.39/cwt132.00–140.0087113
SteersMedium and Large 2423179.03/cwt178.00–180.0075710
HeifersMedium and Large 2315157.58/cwt155.00–160.004962
HeifersMedium and Large 2485144.88/cwt140.00–146.007035
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement623170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,05920
HeifersMedium and Large 3608121.63/cwt115.00–125.007403
SteersMedium and Large 2572156.06/cwt150.00–158.008934
SteersMedium and Large 2535168.35/cwt165.00–170.009013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,060977.09/cwt900.00–1,075.0010,35714
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3861645.09/cwt500.00–800.005,55420
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07781.19/cwt76.00–92.008749
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-287573.63/cwt68.00–78.006442
Bulls1,778123.84/cwt122.00–126.002,2022
Bulls1,500105.93/cwt103.00–110.001,5893
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36494.07/cwt92.00–98.001,28314
CowsLean 85-90%99264.29/cwt62.00–67.006385
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06082.86/cwt79.00–86.0087819
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12690.20/cwt87.00–94.001,01621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03772.80/cwt70.00–75.007557
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43487.00/cwt84.00–89.001,2486

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.