Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-02-22

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 22
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
235 head
102 vs last sale 133 103 vs year ago 132 · +78.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
4 vs last sale 27 0 vs year ago 31 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
58 vs last sale 68 8 vs year ago 18 · 44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 4.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement Cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.40/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$170.40
52 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$804
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$294
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.82
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482176.4485036
Medium and Large 2540159.478618thin
Medium and Large 3361154.115568thin
One grade step is worth $22.33/cwt here — about $294 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 sale52 hd
170.40
GA average14 barns · 1,550 hd
174.22
−3.82
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
BullsAverage1,350111.551,50610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40086.391,2103thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13286.299778thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average89966.125957thin

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 1385224.13/cwt220.00–225.0086311
BullsMedium and Large 2467174.96/cwt170.00–180.008175
BullsMedium and Large 2425182.59/cwt180.00–185.0077612
BullsMedium and Large 3483167.44/cwt165.00–170.008092
HeifersMedium and Large 1403184.48/cwt177.00–187.007434
HeifersMedium and Large 1395182.81/cwt182.00–190.007229
HeifersMedium and Large 3361154.11/cwt150.00–160.005568
HeifersMedium and Large 1473175.74/cwt170.00–178.0083111
SteersMedium and Large 1463223.71/cwt222.00–225.001,0367
SteersMedium and Large 1578192.89/cwt188.00–198.001,11510
SteersMedium and Large 2486206.86/cwt200.00–208.001,0057
HeifersMedium and Large 1581169.63/cwt165.00–173.0098612
HeifersMedium and Large 2540159.47/cwt158.00–168.008618
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-285590.00/cwt90.00–90.007701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,21884.30/cwt81.00–87.001,0272
Bulls1,530105.11/cwt102.00–110.001,6084
Bulls1,097118.81/cwt117.00–120.001,3035
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39088.09/cwt84.00–92.001,2242
CowsLean 85-90%99366.39/cwt64.00–69.006592
CowsLean 85-90%98076.96/cwt75.00–79.007542
Bulls1,895101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,9141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10280.63/cwt79.00–83.008893
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1791
CowsLean 85-90%78358.72/cwt54.00–61.004603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15386.77/cwt84.00–91.001,0003
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14594.06/cwt93.00–95.001,0772

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.