Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-10-05

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 5
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
73 vs last sale 104 17 vs year ago 160 · +10.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
53 vs last sale 178 76 vs year ago 49 · +155.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
17 vs last sale 0 19 vs year ago 36 · 52.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.59/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$133.59
40 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.65
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2503139.3570115thin
Medium and Large 3507130.1466025
One grade step is worth $9.21/cwt here — about $41 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 sale40 hd
133.59
GA average15 barns · 1,578 hd
135.24
−1.65
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
BullsLow1,59590.441,4432thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40467.869538thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08967.4273431
CowsLean 85-90%Low92456.8552643

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)1,340$1,0426

Every lot, as filed

21 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 3679107.22/cwt105.00–115.0072811
BullsMedium and Large 3406156.94/cwt152.00–162.006372
BullsMedium and Large 3516140.47/cwt138.00–145.007253
BullsMedium and Large 3569125.73/cwt122.00–129.007154
HeifersMedium and Large 2407152.69/cwt150.00–154.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 2527136.01/cwt135.00–139.0071712
SteersMedium and Large 2690148.72/cwt145.00–149.001,02614
SteersMedium and Large 3506157.63/cwt154.00–160.0079820
SteersMedium and Large 3655134.26/cwt130.00–137.008794
HeifersMedium and Large 3525125.09/cwt123.00–127.006572
HeifersMedium and Large 3583117.67/cwt115.00–120.006866
HeifersMedium and Large 3478135.13/cwt131.00–140.0064617
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3401,042.29/head900.00–1,125.001,0426
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-279594.48/cwt92.00–97.007512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
Bulls1,59590.44/cwt90.00–91.001,4432
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10172.70/cwt70.00–76.008008
CowsLean 85-90%89153.65/cwt50.00–57.0047823
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08565.59/cwt62.00–69.0071223
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40467.86/cwt65.00–71.009538
CowsLean 85-90%96360.52/cwt58.00–65.0058320

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.