Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2022-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.17/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$168.17

38 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$11.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.96

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	172.26	958	4thin
Medium and Large 2	491	171.81	843	21
Medium and Large 3	501	161.03	807	13thin

One grade step is worth $11.23/cwt here — about $151 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 sale38 hd

168.17

—

GA average14 barns · 954 hd

170.13

−1.96

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,713	105.83	1,813	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	84.88	1,251	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,120	82.00	918	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	933	58.50	546	4thin

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	122.94/cwt	119.00–127.00	848	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	145.44/cwt	140.00–146.00	761	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	431	164.79/cwt	162.00–165.00	710	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	163.92/cwt	160.00–168.00	803	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	174.97/cwt	170.00–180.00	731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	106.60/cwt	100.00–110.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	139.89/cwt	135.00–145.00	944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	179.36/cwt	177.00–180.00	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	128.06/cwt	123.00–133.00	804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	174.47/cwt	170.00–178.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	143.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	668	113.53/cwt	112.00–115.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	148.15/cwt	145.00–153.00	634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	176.28/cwt	175.00–179.00	843	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	144.36/cwt	138.00–148.00	764	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	151.80/cwt	148.00–155.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	144.30/cwt	140.00–148.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	172.26/cwt	170.00–173.00	958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	164.24/cwt	162.00–168.00	851	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	529.55/cwt	500.00–550.00	4,369	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	74.17/cwt	65.00–79.00	731	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	94.14/cwt	85.00–108.00	949	6
Bulls	—	—	1,829	115.10/cwt	113.00–118.00	2,105	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	946	73.03/cwt	68.00–75.00	691	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	84.43/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,265	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	94.41/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,334	10
Bulls	—	—	1,243	92.61/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,151	2
Bulls	—	—	1,798	105.64/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,899	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	95.33/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,189	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	77.66/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,154	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	58.50/cwt	56.00–60.00	546	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	82.69/cwt	79.00–86.00	983	7

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Wed Mar 30, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 152Last week 171Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 83Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 49Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	690	119.00–127.00	122.94
2	—	490	160.00–168.00	163.92
2	—	418	170.00–180.00	174.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	523	140.00–146.00	145.44
13	—	431	162.00–165.00	164.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	778	100.00–110.00	106.60
6	—	428	145.00–153.00	148.15
15	—	529	138.00–148.00	144.36
4	—	379	148.00–155.00	151.80
3	—	460	140.00–148.00	144.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	140.00–150.00	143.95
2	—	668	112.00–115.00	113.53
2	—	510	120.00–125.00	122.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	135.00–145.00	139.89
5	—	414	177.00–180.00	179.36
13	—	478	175.00–179.00	176.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	123.00–133.00	128.06
3	—	372	170.00–178.00	174.47
8	—	518	162.00–168.00	164.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	170.00–173.00	172.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	825	500.00–550.00	529.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	985	65.00–79.00	74.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,008	85.00–108.00	94.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,829	113.00–118.00	115.10
2	—	1,243	91.00–95.00	92.61
7	—	1,798	102.00–109.00	105.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	946	68.00–75.00	73.03
3	—	1,247	94.00–97.00	95.33
7	—	1,189	79.00–86.00	82.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,498	82.00–89.00	84.43
10	—	1,413	91.00–97.00	94.41
12	—	1,486	75.00–81.00	77.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	933	56.00–60.00	58.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle