Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-09-28

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 28
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
132 vs last sale 236 50 vs year ago 154 · 32.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
178 head
119 vs last sale 59 151 vs year ago 27 · +559.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.86/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$129.86
27 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.45
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1311162.425052thin
Medium and Large 2521139.027245thin
Medium and Large 3497124.3261820
One grade step is worth $38.10/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale27 hd
129.86
GA average15 barns · 1,561 hd
137.31
−7.45
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42768.1297219
CowsLean 85-90%Low90166.9960314
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14166.1975544

Every lot, as filed

19 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
CowsLean 85-90%97261.16/cwt60.00–63.005949
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42768.12/cwt65.00–72.0097219
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14465.96/cwt63.00–70.0075543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02576.00/cwt76.00–76.007791
CowsLean 85-90%77580.00/cwt80.00–80.006203
CowsLean 85-90%76873.69/cwt70.00–77.005662
HeifersMedium and Large 3313137.36/cwt135.00–140.004305
HeifersMedium and Large 3656115.18/cwt112.00–116.007565
HeifersMedium and Large 2521139.02/cwt137.00–147.007245
HeifersMedium and Large 1311162.42/cwt160.00–165.005052
SteersMedium and Large 3525146.24/cwt142.00–150.007683
SteersMedium and Large 3677133.80/cwt130.00–135.009064
SteersMedium and Large 1340201.92/cwt199.00–205.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 3510122.37/cwt120.00–130.0062410
BullsMedium and Large 3539134.63/cwt130.00–140.0072611
BullsMedium and Large 3435154.03/cwt153.00–155.006702
BullsMedium and Large 2377182.46/cwt180.00–185.006882
BullsMedium and Large 1311217.25/cwt210.00–220.006764
BullsMedium and Large 2424166.05/cwt164.00–167.007043

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.