Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-01-25

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 215▲ 93 vs year ago 87 · +106.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 34▲ 22 vs year ago 16 · +137.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 26▲ 3 vs year ago 24 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.23/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$156.23
74 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1452164.8974633
Medium and Large 3332151.9350421
Medium and Large 2527146.4477120
One grade step is worth $18.46/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale74 hd
156.23
—
GA average15 barns · 1,325 hd
155.14
+1.09
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
Bulls—Average1,71397.611,6725thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40684.231,1844thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16281.8695114
CowsLean 85-90%High93766.306218thin

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)1,134$95710

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1—374217.73/cwt210.00–220.008147
BullsMedium and Large 3—388193.47/cwt192.00–195.007512
BullsMedium and Large 3—333201.88/cwt197.00–203.0067211
BullsMedium and Large 3—430184.94/cwt183.00–186.0079515
BullsMedium and Large 2—592167.47/cwt165.00–170.009914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—358171.61/cwt170.00–172.006145
SteersMedium and Large 2—465195.02/cwt190.00–196.009078
SteersMedium and Large 3—412194.35/cwt192.00–195.008015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—638155.02/cwt150.00–156.009896
HeifersMedium and Large 3—332151.93/cwt150.00–160.0050421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—357163.68/cwt162.00–165.005847
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618137.15/cwt130.00–140.0084813
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423166.06/cwt165.00–167.0070222
SteersMedium and Large 2—396211.73/cwt210.00–212.008387
SteersMedium and Large 3—379205.17/cwt200.00–210.007783
SteersMedium and Large 1—558183.33/cwt183.00–185.001,0236
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,134957.10/head850.00–1,025.0095710
Bulls——1,68897.35/cwt96.00–99.001,6433
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18894.35/cwt93.00–96.001,1213
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22974.15/cwt72.00–78.009116
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06683.62/cwt81.00–87.008915
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,2711
CowsLean 85-90%—97077.00/cwt77.00–77.007471
CowsLean 85-90%—99357.79/cwt54.00–61.005742
Bulls——1,765106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,8711
Bulls——1,73590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5621
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43879.97/cwt79.00–81.001,1503
CowsLean 85-90%—90867.57/cwt63.00–70.006145

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.