Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-02-01

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 180▲ 119 vs year ago 144 · +82.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 38▼ 30 vs year ago 59 · −50.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 27▼ 34 vs year ago 51 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 4.00 higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 2.00 higher, 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 $147.05/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$147.05
95 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.14
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492168.0882815thin
Medium and Large 3497143.1171180
One grade step is worth $24.97/cwt here — about $117 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 sale95 hd
147.05
—
GA average14 barns · 1,390 hd
155.19
−8.14
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—High1,421103.891,4768thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,525103.401,5774thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15889.201,0339thin
CowsLean 85-90%High94575.387123thin

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)867$8986

Every lot, as filed

32 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—425208.69/cwt205.00–212.008877
BullsMedium and Large 2—568162.32/cwt160.00–170.009226
BullsMedium and Large 2—427193.99/cwt192.00–195.008283
BullsMedium and Large 3—475166.65/cwt165.00–170.007926
BullsMedium and Large 3—678133.49/cwt132.00–135.009052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574164.65/cwt160.00–168.009457
SteersMedium and Large 1—540197.03/cwt194.00–201.001,06414
SteersMedium and Large 1—716154.28/cwt152.00–157.001,10511
SteersMedium and Large 1—481204.72/cwt203.00–205.009857
SteersMedium and Large 3—468187.76/cwt185.00–190.0087921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421171.08/cwt170.00–173.007208
HeifersMedium and Large 3—379159.99/cwt155.00–162.0060632
HeifersMedium and Large 3—663112.49/cwt110.00–115.007462
HeifersMedium and Large 3—623124.74/cwt121.00–130.0077723
SteersMedium and Large 1—377219.11/cwt216.00–220.0082610
BullsMedium and Large 3—568151.51/cwt150.00–152.008614
BullsMedium and Large 2—460176.70/cwt175.00–180.008133
BullsMedium and Large 3—440182.93/cwt180.00–190.008055
HeifersMedium and Large 3—537136.86/cwt130.00–140.0073515
HeifersMedium and Large 3—489147.77/cwt140.00–150.007238
SteersMedium and Large 3—568165.88/cwt162.00–170.009422
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—867898.08/head800.00–1,100.008986
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,18077.00/cwt77.00–77.009091
Bulls——1,480114.48/cwt114.00–115.001,6942
Bulls——1,39394.99/cwt93.00–98.001,3233
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14883.06/cwt80.00–86.009545
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13591.80/cwt89.00–95.001,0422
Bulls——1,410105.72/cwt103.00–107.001,4913
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,525103.40/cwt102.00–107.001,5774
CowsLean 85-90%—97590.00/cwt90.00–90.008781
CowsLean 85-90%—93068.07/cwt67.00–69.006332
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,205101.94/cwt101.00–103.001,2282

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.