Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2022-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.76/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$135.76

26 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$3.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	410	137.78	566	11thin
Medium and Large 1	567	134.96	765	6thin
Medium and Large 3	368	133.83	493	9thin

One grade step is worth $3.95/cwt here — about $72 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 sale26 hd

135.76

—

GA average15 barns · 1,936 hd

139.55

−3.79

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	1,557	97.77	1,522	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	74.10	1,182	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,165	72.00	839	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	865	61.42	531	4thin

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	—	513	127.06/cwt	125.00–131.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	129.01/cwt	127.00–131.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	134.36/cwt	133.00–135.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	136.67/cwt	133.00–139.00	573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	124.90/cwt	121.00–129.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	143.43/cwt	142.00–145.00	459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	132.49/cwt	131.00–134.00	441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	129.45/cwt	125.00–131.00	790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	148.00/cwt	147.00–150.00	900	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	136.01/cwt	135.00–137.00	641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	138.04/cwt	135.00–141.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	135.82/cwt	131.00–141.00	577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	137.94/cwt	135.00–139.00	502	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	145.97/cwt	143.00–149.00	701	2
Bulls	—	—	1,648	101.66/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,675	2
Bulls	—	—	1,375	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,238	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	839	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	74.10/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,182	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	63.56/cwt	60.00–66.00	563	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	443	1

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 Jun 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 269Last week 354Year ago 201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 63Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	125.00–131.00	127.06
2	—	428	127.00–131.00	129.01
3	—	383	133.00–135.00	134.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	419	133.00–139.00	136.67
2	—	320	142.00–145.00	143.43
2	—	471	135.00–137.00	136.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	121.00–129.00	124.90
2	—	333	131.00–134.00	132.49
5	—	364	135.00–139.00	137.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	125.00–131.00	129.45
2	—	480	143.00–149.00	145.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	608	147.00–150.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	135.00–141.00	138.04
2	—	425	131.00–141.00	135.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	100.00–103.00	101.66
1	—	1,375	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	72.00	72.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,595	71.00–77.00	74.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	885	60.00–66.00	63.56
1	—	805	55.00	55.00

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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