Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-11-16

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Nov 16
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
191 head
51 vs last sale 140 44 vs year ago 147 · +29.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
30 vs last sale 55 11 vs year ago 36 · 30.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
23 vs last sale 34 10 vs year ago 21 · 47.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.70/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$144.70
67 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.13
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1389156.8861031
Medium and Large 2567135.3476829
Medium and Large 3397129.505147thin
One grade step is worth $27.38/cwt here — about $95 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 sale67 hd
144.70
GA average16 barns · 2,102 hd
143.57
+1.13
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
BullsAverage1,95988.231,7284thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16373.6085610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45971.311,0403thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average81459.654853thin

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 1578153.78/cwt150.00–155.008894
BullsMedium and Large 2470174.72/cwt170.00–177.008219
BullsMedium and Large 3484163.77/cwt160.00–165.007938
BullsMedium and Large 3651107.50/cwt105.00–110.007002
BullsMedium and Large 2565142.52/cwt140.00–145.008052
BullsMedium and Large 2615132.41/cwt130.00–137.008143
SteersMedium and Large 2470176.35/cwt175.00–177.008293
SteersMedium and Large 2576154.73/cwt153.00–157.0089110
HeifersMedium and Large 3423125.96/cwt125.00–127.005332
HeifersMedium and Large 3387130.92/cwt130.00–135.005075
SteersMedium and Large 1420189.71/cwt187.00–192.007973
SteersMedium and Large 1515171.04/cwt170.00–175.008815
SteersMedium and Large 1459184.17/cwt180.00–185.008456
SteersMedium and Large 1636166.55/cwt158.00–168.001,05914
HeifersMedium and Large 1421151.34/cwt150.00–155.0063710
HeifersMedium and Large 1379158.58/cwt156.00–162.0060119
HeifersMedium and Large 2435145.58/cwt142.00–148.0063311
HeifersMedium and Large 1320168.50/cwt167.00–170.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 2624134.67/cwt130.00–138.0084011
HeifersMedium and Large 2686120.29/cwt120.00–122.008257
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,39670.10/cwt61.00–76.009795
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-370580.00/cwt80.00–80.005641
Bulls1,62091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4741
Bulls2,07287.31/cwt86.00–89.001,8093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18476.14/cwt72.00–78.009017
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11567.67/cwt67.00–68.007553
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48368.46/cwt68.00–69.001,0152
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0861
CowsLean 85-90%85864.48/cwt64.00–65.005532
CowsLean 85-90%72550.00/cwt50.00–50.003631

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.