Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-11-09

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Nov 9
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
18 vs last sale 158 26 vs year ago 166 · 15.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
22 vs last sale 33 35 vs year ago 20 · +175.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
12 vs last sale 22 28 vs year ago 6 · +466.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $158.70/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$158.70
40 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432170.2573612thin
Medium and Large 3418157.3365722
Medium and Large 2564140.607936thin
One grade step is worth $29.65/cwt here — about −$57 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
158.70
GA average15 barns · 1,248 hd
144.61
+14.09
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
BullsLow1,80987.991,5925thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31571.009341thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16968.438005thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average81458.1847310

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)1,076$90218

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1453166.00/cwt165.00–167.007526
BullsMedium and Large 1513158.46/cwt157.00–160.008132
BullsMedium and Large 1361182.53/cwt180.00–190.006594
BullsMedium and Large 2512146.64/cwt145.00–150.007513
BullsMedium and Large 2616134.56/cwt130.00–137.008293
BullsMedium and Large 3364162.69/cwt162.00–167.005927
HeifersMedium and Large 1389152.22/cwt150.00–157.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 3652112.51/cwt110.00–120.007344
HeifersMedium and Large 3477123.46/cwt120.00–130.005895
HeifersMedium and Large 1470144.50/cwt142.00–147.006792
SteersMedium and Large 1458182.41/cwt180.00–190.008358
SteersMedium and Large 1521169.12/cwt165.00–177.008819
BullsMedium and Large 3338173.05/cwt170.00–177.005858
BullsMedium and Large 3573129.81/cwt125.00–135.007442
BullsMedium and Large 3690119.50/cwt117.00–122.008252
BullsMedium and Large 3470146.45/cwt142.00–152.006883
HeifersMedium and Large 3330133.98/cwt130.00–140.004426
HeifersMedium and Large 2374142.53/cwt140.00–147.005339
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,076902.04/head800.00–1,025.0090218
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-282079.00/cwt79.00–79.006481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-281094.35/cwt90.00–98.007642
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,13365.41/cwt61.00–71.007414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296070.00/cwt70.00–70.006722
Bulls1,62384.96/cwt82.00–88.001,3793
Bulls2,08892.53/cwt90.00–95.001,9322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19072.49/cwt72.00–73.008632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15565.73/cwt63.00–68.007593
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31571.00/cwt71.00–71.009341
CowsLean 85-90%66568.00/cwt68.00–68.004521
CowsLean 85-90%83057.09/cwt53.00–60.004749

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.