Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-07-20

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jul 20
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
36 vs last sale 248 25 vs year ago 259 · +9.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
5 vs last sale 35 14 vs year ago 44 · 31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
13 vs last sale 17 3 vs year ago 27 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 lower, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves mostly steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves steady, Replacement Cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.84/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$150.84
87 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.56
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1381179.3068310thin
Medium and Large 2487150.0573066
Medium and Large 3569129.7373811thin
One grade step is worth $49.57/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale87 hd
150.84
GA average15 barns · 1,341 hd
143.28
+7.56
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,69490.071,5264thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05175.027887thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35569.899475thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low85860.135166thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)908$8547

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2470142.87/cwt140.00–148.0067113
SteersMedium and Large 1518165.97/cwt165.00–168.008603
SteersMedium and Large 1637159.26/cwt155.00–160.001,01429
SteersMedium and Large 3519142.81/cwt141.00–150.0074111
BullsMedium and Large 2630130.90/cwt126.00–136.0082510
BullsMedium and Large 2460152.75/cwt147.00–155.0070315
BullsMedium and Large 2440160.68/cwt157.00–163.0070716
BullsMedium and Large 1413172.58/cwt170.00–175.007132
BullsMedium and Large 1373180.98/cwt177.00–185.006758
BullsMedium and Large 3569129.73/cwt125.00–133.0073811
HeifersMedium and Large 1539144.00/cwt140.00–148.0077611
HeifersMedium and Large 2573128.41/cwt125.00–130.007368
HeifersMedium and Large 1571139.08/cwt130.00–140.0079411
BullsMedium and Large 2380166.17/cwt165.00–170.006318
BullsMedium and Large 2520141.34/cwt137.00–144.0073517
HeifersMedium and Large 3332137.73/cwt135.00–140.004577
HeifersMedium and Large 3458127.02/cwt125.00–130.005829
HeifersMedium and Large 3438132.87/cwt130.00–140.0058213
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2945895.37/head850.00–950.008955
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3815752.15/head700.00–800.007522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-387370.15/cwt66.00–74.006122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-282582.00/cwt82.00–82.006771
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,05965.20/cwt61.00–68.006906
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,01468.37/cwt65.00–71.006936
Bulls1,76793.10/cwt89.00–95.001,6453
CowsBoner 80-85%96584.00/cwt84.00–84.008111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37072.52/cwt70.00–74.009943
CowsLean 85-90%79051.00/cwt51.00–51.004032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06573.52/cwt72.00–75.007836
Bulls1,47581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1951
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33365.94/cwt65.00–67.008792
CowsLean 85-90%94063.25/cwt61.00–68.005953
CowsLean 85-90%74569.00/cwt69.00–69.005141

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.