Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2022-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.96/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$145.96

56 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$35.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.23

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	158.19	788	16thin
Medium and Large 2	526	142.59	751	37
Medium and Large 3	580	122.32	709	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.87/cwt here — about $79 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 sale56 hd

145.96

—

GA average15 barns · 1,560 hd

141.73

+4.23

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	79.86	959	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	79.06	1,142	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,072	68.01	729	16

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	579	159.76/cwt	155.00–160.00	925	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	119.60/cwt	115.00–124.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	155.41/cwt	155.00–157.00	752	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	143.46/cwt	138.00–144.00	756	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	159.03/cwt	157.00–160.00	759	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	152.37/cwt	149.00–155.00	574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	152.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	145.50/cwt	145.00–147.00	979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	162.91/cwt	160.00–167.00	938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	168.50/cwt	165.00–175.00	797	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	162.30/cwt	160.00–165.00	850	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	152.53/cwt	150.00–155.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	157.11/cwt	156.00–158.00	826	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	148.83/cwt	142.00–152.00	793	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	130.71/cwt	129.00–131.00	757	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	122.32/cwt	120.00–125.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	123.96/cwt	120.00–126.00	821	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,102	1,109.30/cwt	1,000.00–1,250.00	12,224	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	64.35/cwt	61.00–68.00	718	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	78.98/cwt	78.00–80.00	745	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	82.74/cwt	80.00–86.00	990	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	74.50/cwt	72.00–79.00	899	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	83.33/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,200	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	89.33/cwt	89.00–90.00	1,347	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	73.53/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,058	21

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 May 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 197Last week 182Year ago 164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 27Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 7Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	579	155.00–160.00	159.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	115.00–124.00	119.60
11	—	527	138.00–144.00	143.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	484	155.00–157.00	155.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	477	157.00–160.00	159.03
7	—	526	156.00–158.00	157.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	377	149.00–155.00	152.37
17	—	533	142.00–152.00	148.83
10	—	579	129.00–131.00	130.71
3	—	662	120.00–126.00	123.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	120.00–125.00	122.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	150.00–155.00	152.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	673	145.00–147.00	145.50
9	—	576	160.00–167.00	162.91
11	—	473	165.00–175.00	168.50
15	—	524	160.00–165.00	162.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	150.00–155.00	152.53

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	—	1,102	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,109.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,115	61.00–68.00	64.35
4	—	943	78.00–80.00	78.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,197	80.00–86.00	82.74
21	—	1,207	72.00–79.00	74.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,440	80.00–87.00	83.33
3	—	1,508	89.00–90.00	89.33
21	—	1,439	71.00–78.00	73.53

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