Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady, bull calves lightly tested, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.44/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$145.44

54 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$14.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.69

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	157.76	827	7thin
Medium and Large 3	513	143.60	736	47

One grade step is worth $14.16/cwt here — about $90 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 sale54 hd

145.44

—

GA average14 barns · 1,699 hd

156.13

−10.69

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	2,220	95.00	2,109	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,125	65.42	736	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,385	62.00	859	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	904	57.34	518	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,180	$975	6

Every lot, as filed

17 lots · USDA AMS · Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	636	122.03/cwt	120.00–125.00	776	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	406	143.71/cwt	140.00–145.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	144.46/cwt	140.00–146.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	125.70/cwt	125.00–130.00	772	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	142.31/cwt	140.00–145.00	761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	124.63/cwt	120.00–127.00	568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	132.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	573	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	589	138.46/cwt	134.00–139.00	816	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	147.09/cwt	145.00–150.00	678	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	157.76/cwt	156.00–160.00	827	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	974.72/head	800.00–1,100.00	975	6
Bulls	—	—	2,220	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	2,109	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	728	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	64.30/cwt	62.00–67.00	736	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	859	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	854	55.84/cwt	53.00–59.00	477	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	61.82/cwt	60.00–64.00	651	2

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Wed Oct 19, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 133Last week 99Year ago 78

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 18Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 5Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	636	120.00–125.00	122.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	140.00–145.00	143.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	140.00–146.00	144.46
7	—	614	125.00–130.00	125.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	140.00–145.00	142.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	456	120.00–127.00	124.63
15	—	433	130.00–135.00	132.33
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	589	134.00–139.00	138.46
28	—	461	145.00–150.00	147.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	156.00–160.00	157.76

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,180	800.00–1,100.00	974.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,220	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	71.00	71.00
5	—	1,145	62.00–67.00	64.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	854	53.00–59.00	55.84
2	—	1,053	60.00–64.00	61.82

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle