Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2022-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.31/cwt on 91 head.

Average price

$145.31

91 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$4.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.57

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	444	146.81	651	54
Medium and Large 1	538	143.83	774	16thin
Medium and Large 3	438	142.58	624	21

One grade step is worth $4.22/cwt here — about $28 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 sale91 hd

145.31

—

GA average16 barns · 2,294 hd

139.74

+5.57

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	1,229	81.44	1,000	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,435	80.62	1,157	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	69.20	663	10

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 1Value Added	—	202	244.96/cwt	240.00–250.00	495	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	162.59/cwt	159.00–163.00	593	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	152.35/cwt	150.00–154.00	705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	150.35/cwt	147.00–151.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	144.88/cwt	137.00–146.00	749	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	174.89/cwt	170.00–180.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	156.13/cwt	150.00–160.00	523	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	165.68/cwt	160.00–169.00	767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	162.97/cwt	162.00–165.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	148.57/cwt	145.00–150.00	755	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	409	155.60/cwt	154.00–162.00	636	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	148.04/cwt	145.00–150.00	557	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	143.27/cwt	140.00–145.00	622	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	122.31/cwt	120.00–125.00	757	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	692	144.01/cwt	140.00–145.00	997	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	142.49/cwt	140.00–143.00	888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	594	127.34/cwt	126.00–130.00	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	146.03/cwt	142.00–148.00	678	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	152.70/cwt	145.00–155.00	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	121.26/cwt	120.00–125.00	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	153.39/cwt	150.00–157.00	957	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	152.53/cwt	150.00–155.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	144.91/cwt	140.00–150.00	848	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,088.53/cwt	975.00–1,200.00	11,865	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,111	79.99/cwt	65.00–86.00	889	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	77.71/cwt	64.00–88.00	877	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	73.34/cwt	68.00–81.00	827	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	84.27/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,226	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	78.34/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,114	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	73.99/cwt	72.00–75.00	716	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	67.15/cwt	65.00–69.00	640	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	83.17/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,025	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	76.23/cwt	74.00–79.00	928	8

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 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 256Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 34Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 0Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	202	240.00–250.00	244.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	365	159.00–163.00	162.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	150.00–154.00	152.35
6	—	533	147.00–151.00	150.35
4	—	658	120.00–125.00	121.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	517	137.00–146.00	144.88
2	—	220	170.00–180.00	174.89
17	—	335	150.00–160.00	156.13
10	—	619	120.00–125.00	122.31
7	—	464	142.00–148.00	146.03
9	—	415	145.00–155.00	152.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	376	145.00–150.00	148.04
11	—	434	140.00–145.00	143.27
3	—	594	126.00–130.00	127.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	160.00–169.00	165.68
13	—	692	140.00–145.00	144.01
12	—	624	150.00–157.00	153.39
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	162.00–165.00	162.97
12	—	508	145.00–150.00	148.57
10	—	409	154.00–162.00	155.60
6	—	623	140.00–143.00	142.49
2	—	475	150.00–155.00	152.53
2	—	585	140.00–150.00	144.91

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	—	1,090	975.00–1,200.00	1,088.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,111	65.00–86.00	79.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,129	64.00–88.00	77.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,127	68.00–81.00	73.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,455	82.00–89.00	84.27
24	—	1,422	74.00–81.00	78.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	72.00–75.00	73.99
7	—	953	65.00–69.00	67.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,232	80.00–87.00	83.17
8	—	1,218	74.00–79.00	76.23

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