Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-08-31

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Aug 31
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
57 vs last sale 250 60 vs year ago 133 · +45.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
4 vs last sale 53 13 vs year ago 36 · +36.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 4 4 vs year ago 9 · 44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.38/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$142.38
62 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.22
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553149.0082411thin
Medium and Large 3433141.9361524
Medium and Large 2567140.0879427
One grade step is worth $8.92/cwt here — about $30 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 sale62 hd
142.38
GA average15 barns · 1,732 hd
146.60
−4.22
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
BullsLow1,64098.411,6142thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49885.361,27919
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16483.3597012
CowsLean 85-90%Average96967.826576thin

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)1,395$1,2502thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 3455152.17/cwt150.00–155.006927
BullsMedium and Large 3520144.26/cwt140.00–148.007508
BullsMedium and Large 3403170.69/cwt165.00–175.006887
BullsMedium and Large 3375182.11/cwt180.00–190.006835
BullsMedium and Large 3573136.99/cwt135.00–138.007854
HeifersMedium and Large 2521144.31/cwt140.00–148.0075220
HeifersMedium and Large 3415144.32/cwt137.00–147.0059920
SteersMedium and Large 1388212.50/cwt212.00–215.008256
SteersMedium and Large 1514174.43/cwt170.00–176.0089721
SteersMedium and Large 2657152.24/cwt147.00–154.001,00011
HeifersMedium and Large 2783111.04/cwt107.00–115.008692
SteersMedium and Large 2404183.31/cwt180.00–190.007413
HeifersMedium and Large 1513152.35/cwt150.00–153.007829
HeifersMedium and Large 1732133.93/cwt131.00–137.009802
HeifersMedium and Large 2662134.79/cwt130.00–137.008925
HeifersMedium and Large 3525130.00/cwt125.00–135.006834
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3951,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2885100.00/cwt100.00–100.008851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00890.89/cwt75.00–110.009162
Bulls1,64098.41/cwt95.00–102.001,6142
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19686.23/cwt83.00–90.001,0317
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11979.32/cwt76.00–82.008885
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49186.17/cwt83.00–90.001,28516
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53581.03/cwt80.00–82.001,2443
CowsLean 85-90%98076.54/cwt75.00–78.007502
CowsLean 85-90%96363.46/cwt61.00–67.006114

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.