Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-08-24

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Aug 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
63 vs last sale 313 17 vs year ago 233 · +7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
35 vs last sale 88 21 vs year ago 32 · +65.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
21 vs last sale 25 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.92/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$141.92
79 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.47
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467153.4071614thin
Medium and Large 2522144.5875527
Medium and Large 3476135.8064638
One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $71 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 sale79 hd
141.92
GA average15 barns · 1,820 hd
146.39
−4.47
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
BullsAverage1,502105.691,5873thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46885.411,2546thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09876.8784421
CowsLean 85-90%Average93668.3164017

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)1,065$6494thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
BullsMedium and Large 1385214.50/cwt212.00–217.008262
BullsMedium and Large 2365200.07/cwt195.00–205.007302
BullsMedium and Large 2428174.33/cwt170.00–177.007467
BullsMedium and Large 3536149.15/cwt140.00–150.0079911
BullsMedium and Large 3410163.22/cwt160.00–170.006698
BullsMedium and Large 3669132.30/cwt127.00–135.008856
SteersMedium and Large 2355200.73/cwt197.00–202.007134
SteersMedium and Large 2570168.88/cwt167.00–170.009638
SteersMedium and Large 3619147.25/cwt140.00–149.009115
SteersMedium and Large 3535154.52/cwt152.00–155.008276
SteersMedium and Large 3488166.45/cwt165.00–170.0081214
BullsMedium and Large 1404184.80/cwt182.00–190.0074714
HeifersMedium and Large 1467153.40/cwt151.00–155.0071614
HeifersMedium and Large 3520135.17/cwt131.00–140.007037
HeifersMedium and Large 2522144.58/cwt140.00–150.0075527
HeifersMedium and Large 3563128.27/cwt125.00–135.0072212
HeifersMedium and Large 3404140.79/cwt135.00–142.0056919
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,065649.30/head600.00–700.006494
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17581.00/cwt81.00–81.009521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16085.00/cwt85.00–85.009861
Bulls1,723113.03/cwt112.00–114.001,9482
Bulls1,06091.00/cwt91.00–91.009651
CowsBoner 80-85%87595.00/cwt95.00–95.008311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05973.76/cwt71.00–78.0078115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25882.56/cwt81.00–86.001,0395
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40886.44/cwt82.00–89.001,2173
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,3521
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55880.56/cwt80.00–81.001,2552
CowsLean 85-90%97373.60/cwt70.00–76.007165
CowsLean 85-90%92166.10/cwt63.00–69.0060912

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.