Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2022-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and bull calves steady, heifer 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 $138.34/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$138.34

86 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$12.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.90

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	464	144.44	670	44
Medium and Large 1	631	132.07	833	27
Medium and Large 3	411	131.70	542	15thin

One grade step is worth $12.75/cwt here — about $128 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 sale86 hd

138.34

—

GA average15 barns · 1,822 hd

142.23

−3.90

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	1,685	109.68	1,848	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,431	79.87	1,143	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,192	79.82	952	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	64.83	678	9thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	408	161.66/cwt	160.00–162.00	660	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	162.68/cwt	160.00–163.00	607	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	123.59/cwt	120.00–127.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	690	107.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	592	131.82/cwt	130.00–132.00	780	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	706	114.54/cwt	110.00–115.00	809	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	151.87/cwt	149.00–154.00	591	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	144.26/cwt	138.00–145.00	949	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	132.94/cwt	127.00–137.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	117.55/cwt	115.00–120.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	114.94/cwt	110.00–120.00	716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	123.32/cwt	120.00–130.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	142.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	142.85/cwt	142.00–144.00	656	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	464	123.63/cwt	120.00–130.00	574	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	519	123.54/cwt	120.00–130.00	641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	143.25/cwt	140.00–150.00	822	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	123.13/cwt	123.00–125.00	832	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	138.21/cwt	132.00–142.00	750	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	283	152.28/cwt	150.00–155.00	431	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,063.74/cwt	950.00–1,200.00	12,712	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	998	817.36/cwt	750.00–875.00	8,157	4
Bulls	—	—	1,445	101.20/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,462	2
Bulls	—	—	1,765	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,986	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	84.13/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,042	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	75.99/cwt	72.00–79.00	875	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	82.27/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,180	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	75.87/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,083	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	71.74/cwt	70.00–74.00	691	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	61.38/cwt	60.00–65.00	668	6

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 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 272Last week 282Year ago 154

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 31Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 30Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	160.00–162.00	161.66
9	—	373	160.00–163.00	162.68
11	—	592	130.00–132.00	131.82
11	—	706	110.00–115.00	114.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	120.00–127.00	123.59
2	—	690	105.00–110.00	107.48
6	—	464	120.00–130.00	123.63
7	—	519	120.00–130.00	123.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	389	149.00–154.00	151.87
12	—	459	142.00–144.00	142.85
16	—	543	132.00–142.00	138.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	127.00–137.00	132.94
2	—	535	115.00–120.00	117.55
2	—	623	110.00–120.00	114.94
3	—	417	120.00–130.00	123.32
2	—	320	140.00–145.00	142.42
3	—	283	150.00–155.00	152.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	574	140.00–150.00	143.25
15	—	676	123.00–125.00	123.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	658	138.00–145.00	144.26

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	6	—	1,195	950.00–1,200.00	1,063.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	998	750.00–875.00	817.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	98.00–105.00	101.20
6	—	1,765	110.00–115.00	112.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,239	81.00–88.00	84.13
9	—	1,151	72.00–79.00	75.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,434	80.00–84.00	82.27
6	—	1,427	71.00–78.00	75.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	963	70.00–74.00	71.74
6	—	1,088	60.00–65.00	61.38

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