Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-12-07

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Dec 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
162 vs last sale 325 198 vs year ago 361 · 54.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
1 vs last sale 55 35 vs year ago 91 · 38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
10 vs last sale 12 1 vs year ago 23 · 4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.86/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$137.86
50 head · 362 lb average
Value per head Derived
$498
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$71
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.80
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2331143.1347335
Medium and Large 3433125.5454415thin
One grade step is worth $17.59/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale50 hd
137.86
GA average13 barns · 1,586 hd
145.66
−7.80
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
BullsLow1,24992.471,1555thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14366.327589thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41864.9492110
CowsLean 85-90%Average93557.2553516

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)926$89514

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1422180.69/cwt180.00–182.007633
BullsMedium and Large 2658128.24/cwt127.00–132.008444
BullsMedium and Large 2420173.78/cwt170.00–177.007305
BullsMedium and Large 3523151.82/cwt150.00–155.007946
BullsMedium and Large 3322176.63/cwt175.00–180.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 3322132.35/cwt130.00–137.004269
HeifersMedium and Large 2316143.87/cwt140.00–150.0045533
HeifersMedium and Large 2575130.99/cwt130.00–132.007532
SteersMedium and Large 1630158.58/cwt155.00–162.009992
SteersMedium and Large 1573182.34/cwt180.00–185.001,0453
HeifersMedium and Large 3619111.73/cwt110.00–115.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 3563122.53/cwt120.00–125.006902
BullsMedium and Large 3425166.56/cwt160.00–170.0070818
SteersMedium and Large 2651144.00/cwt140.00–145.009375
SteersMedium and Large 3665124.92/cwt120.00–130.008312
SteersMedium and Large 3426168.73/cwt162.00–172.007197
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,055.94/head975.00–1,150.001,0568
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3827679.94/head625.00–750.006806
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04364.52/cwt61.00–70.006732
Bulls1,35085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14366.32/cwt64.00–69.007589
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41864.94/cwt61.00–68.0092110
CowsLean 85-90%95060.32/cwt60.00–61.005733
Bulls1,29891.79/cwt90.00–95.001,1913
Bulls1,000102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0201
CowsLean 85-90%81071.00/cwt71.00–71.005751
CowsLean 85-90%94255.34/cwt52.00–59.0052112

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.