Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2022-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves and 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 $144.64/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$144.64

72 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$12.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.51

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	487	150.95	736	32
Medium and Large 1	556	143.71	799	7thin
Medium and Large 3	448	138.71	621	33

One grade step is worth $12.24/cwt here — about $115 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 sale72 hd

144.64

—

GA average15 barns · 1,278 hd

143.12

+1.51

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	1,678	105.87	1,776	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,054	81.51	859	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	833	76.13	634	3thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 3	—	318	163.36/cwt	160.00–167.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	150.04/cwt	145.00–155.00	840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	362	155.72/cwt	150.00–160.00	564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	123.03/cwt	120.00–127.00	695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	138.97/cwt	135.00–140.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	159.50/cwt	157.00–161.00	911	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	149.13/cwt	145.00–152.00	774	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	142.38/cwt	140.00–145.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	374	138.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	520	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	141.76/cwt	137.00–147.00	602	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	165.63/cwt	165.00–167.00	682	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	143.71/cwt	142.00–144.00	799	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	154.87/cwt	150.00–156.00	703	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	138.29/cwt	130.00–140.00	729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	162.73/cwt	161.00–164.00	783	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	157.54/cwt	155.00–160.00	750	20
Bulls	—	—	1,678	105.87/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,776	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	923	78.08/cwt	77.00–79.00	721	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,097	82.65/cwt	80.00–85.00	907	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	76.13/cwt	74.00–81.00	634	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 May 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 256Last week 197Year ago 179

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 142Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	160.00–167.00	163.36
7	—	362	150.00–160.00	155.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	145.00–155.00	150.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	120.00–127.00	123.03
3	—	483	140.00–145.00	142.38
9	—	374	130.00–140.00	138.92
12	—	425	137.00–147.00	141.76
6	—	527	130.00–140.00	138.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	135.00–140.00	138.97
8	—	519	145.00–152.00	149.13
19	—	454	150.00–156.00	154.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	556	142.00–144.00	143.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	571	157.00–161.00	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	412	165.00–167.00	165.63
20	—	476	155.00–160.00	157.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	481	161.00–164.00	162.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,678	102.00–109.00	105.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	77.00–79.00	78.08
6	—	1,097	80.00–85.00	82.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	833	74.00–81.00	76.13

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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