Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2022-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.76/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$143.76

103 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$323

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

$15.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.79

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	149.21	783	41
Medium and Large 2	383	146.01	560	32
Medium and Large 3	343	133.91	460	30

One grade step is worth $15.30/cwt here — about $323 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 sale103 hd

143.76

—

GA average17 barns · 1,781 hd

141.97

+1.79

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	—	Average	1,530	107.86	1,650	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,340	92.09	1,234	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,033	78.38	809	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	891	64.74	577	5thin

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 1	—	622	140.93/cwt	138.00–145.00	877	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	144.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	155.27/cwt	150.00–157.00	716	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	718	99.95/cwt	95.00–105.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	306	145.64/cwt	145.00–150.00	446	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	128.00/cwt	125.00–130.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	151.63/cwt	147.00–155.00	778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	133.55/cwt	130.00–134.00	633	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	154.93/cwt	150.00–160.00	807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	159.14/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,055	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	157.29/cwt	154.00–160.00	741	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	144.16/cwt	141.00–150.00	823	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	149.76/cwt	145.00–150.00	581	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	168.63/cwt	166.00–170.00	794	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	135.34/cwt	135.00–140.00	433	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	150.08/cwt	145.00–155.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	134.99/cwt	130.00–140.00	494	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	160.91/cwt	159.00–163.00	439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	388	144.48/cwt	140.00–150.00	561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	114.98/cwt	110.00–120.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	165.70/cwt	163.00–167.00	842	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	689	142.44/cwt	142.00–144.00	981	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,024	1,092.64/cwt	950.00–1,275.00	11,189	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,086	778.02/cwt	700.00–850.00	8,449	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	76.29/cwt	72.00–80.00	441	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	84.59/cwt	70.00–98.00	682	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	77.60/cwt	70.00–81.00	598	4
Bulls	—	—	1,150	101.55/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,168	2
Bulls	—	—	1,783	112.07/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,998	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	973	73.89/cwt	71.00–79.00	719	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	92.09/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,234	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	891	64.74/cwt	61.00–68.00	577	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	84.37/cwt	80.00–87.00	938	3

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 Apr 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 282Last week 152Year ago 322

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 81Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 17Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	138.00–145.00	140.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	140.00–150.00	144.95
7	—	461	150.00–157.00	155.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	95.00–105.00	99.95
2	—	273	159.00–163.00	160.91
4	—	388	140.00–150.00	144.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	306	145.00–150.00	145.64
4	—	515	125.00–130.00	128.00
20	—	388	145.00–150.00	149.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	513	147.00–155.00	151.63
11	—	471	154.00–160.00	157.29
21	—	571	141.00–150.00	144.16
3	—	423	145.00–155.00	150.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	320	135.00–140.00	135.34
6	—	366	130.00–140.00	134.99
2	—	533	110.00–120.00	114.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	474	130.00–134.00	133.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	150.00–160.00	154.93
9	—	689	142.00–144.00	142.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	663	155.00–160.00	159.14
12	—	471	166.00–170.00	168.63
14	—	508	163.00–167.00	165.70

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,024	950.00–1,275.00	1,092.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,086	700.00–850.00	778.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	578	72.00–80.00	76.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	806	70.00–98.00	84.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	770	70.00–81.00	77.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	98.00–105.00	101.55
3	—	1,783	110.00–115.00	112.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	973	71.00–79.00	73.89
3	—	1,112	80.00–87.00	84.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	90.00–94.00	92.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	891	61.00–68.00	64.74

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

Heifers · 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