Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-11-02

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Nov 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
158 head
24 vs last sale 134 158 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
2 vs last sale 31 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
2 vs last sale 24 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves 2.00 lower, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $137.68/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$137.68
76 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$334
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.57
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564141.4279726
Medium and Large 2388137.7153438
Medium and Large 3358129.4846412thin
One grade step is worth $11.94/cwt here — about $334 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 sale76 hd
137.68
GA average15 barns · 1,437 hd
137.11
+0.57
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
BullsAverage1,91391.501,7502thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17163.177406thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,66157.959627thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87953.074664thin

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)1,080$8086

Every lot, as filed

25 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 3575123.32/cwt120.00–130.0070915
BullsMedium and Large 3364152.27/cwt150.00–155.005543
BullsMedium and Large 2658118.02/cwt116.00–120.007772
BullsMedium and Large 2573134.31/cwt131.00–140.0077010
HeifersMedium and Large 1556144.36/cwt138.00–146.008035
HeifersMedium and Large 1463142.31/cwt142.00–144.0065913
SteersMedium and Large 3568143.48/cwt140.00–147.008152
SteersMedium and Large 3453156.60/cwt155.00–157.007095
HeifersMedium and Large 2610127.25/cwt120.00–130.007764
HeifersMedium and Large 2323149.77/cwt148.00–150.004848
HeifersMedium and Large 3371123.07/cwt120.00–127.004578
HeifersMedium and Large 2374135.61/cwt130.00–138.0050726
HeifersMedium and Large 1732138.13/cwt134.00–140.001,0118
HeifersMedium and Large 3332142.29/cwt140.00–143.004724
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297081.00/cwt81.00–81.007861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23073.79/cwt67.00–80.009082
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,080807.56/head800.00–825.008086
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-289565.33/cwt60.00–67.005853
Bulls2,31599.00/cwt99.00–99.002,2921
Bulls1,51084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2681
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66055.14/cwt52.00–59.009154
CowsLean 85-90%87953.07/cwt50.00–55.004664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08868.48/cwt68.00–69.007452
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21360.51/cwt57.00–64.007344
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66261.69/cwt61.00–62.001,0253

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.