Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-09-07

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 7
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
78 vs last sale 193 24 vs year ago 91 · +26.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
1 vs last sale 49 7 vs year ago 43 · +16.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
4 vs last sale 5 12 vs year ago 21 · 57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.28/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$147.28
45 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.94
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461153.8470925
Medium and Large 2485142.8269313thin
Medium and Large 3556132.147357thin
One grade step is worth $21.70/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale45 hd
147.28
GA average14 barns · 1,310 hd
151.22
−3.94
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
BullsLow1,724106.251,8325thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11890.001,00614
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47786.291,2746thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90465.7459411

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)950$6502thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1604144.50/cwt142.00–145.008736
BullsMedium and Large 2410178.48/cwt177.00–180.007322
BullsMedium and Large 2455171.77/cwt167.00–175.007825
BullsMedium and Large 3470156.80/cwt150.00–160.007373
HeifersMedium and Large 1336159.77/cwt157.00–165.005373
HeifersMedium and Large 1478153.03/cwt150.00–156.0073122
HeifersMedium and Large 2485142.82/cwt140.00–147.0069313
HeifersMedium and Large 3556132.14/cwt130.00–140.007357
SteersMedium and Large 2479174.99/cwt170.00–180.008389
SteersMedium and Large 2618152.65/cwt150.00–155.0094315
SteersMedium and Large 2525165.97/cwt165.00–167.008712
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2950650.00/head650.00–650.006502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,29073.90/cwt65.00–81.009532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-294074.66/cwt71.00–79.007023
Bulls1,60097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,5521
Bulls1,755108.56/cwt107.00–109.001,9054
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14286.53/cwt83.00–89.009883
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12193.27/cwt90.00–97.001,0469
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48582.41/cwt79.00–84.001,2244
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46094.05/cwt93.00–95.001,3732
CowsLean 85-90%87374.43/cwt73.00–77.006503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06580.52/cwt80.00–81.008582
CowsLean 85-90%91562.48/cwt60.00–65.005728

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.