Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-05-17

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, May 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
283 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 354▼ 5 vs year ago 288 · −1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 47▼ 51 vs year ago 94 · −54.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 36▼ 16 vs year ago 38 · −42.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls 2.00 higher, Steer calves, Heifer calves, and Bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.03/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$209.03
45 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$215
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$4.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.31
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3410210.3886213thin
Medium and Large 2451209.2294425
Medium and Large 1523205.851,0777thin
One grade step is worth $4.53/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale45 hd
209.03
—
GA average16 barns · 1,912 hd
196.72
+12.31
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—Average1,143117.001,3372thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60594.501,5172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14793.661,07426
CowsLean 85-90%High96479.4476610

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)1,002$1,27110

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—374277.41/cwt275.00–280.001,0384
BullsMedium and Large 3—373254.70/cwt250.00–260.009504
BullsMedium and Large 3—518225.06/cwt220.00–230.001,1666
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423208.38/cwt200.00–210.008819
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405215.06/cwt210.00–220.008714
SteersMedium and Large 2—578234.05/cwt230.00–240.001,3536
SteersMedium and Large 1—564242.28/cwt240.00–250.001,3669
SteersMedium and Large 2—325285.23/cwt280.00–290.009274
SteersMedium and Large 3—480243.43/cwt240.00–247.001,1684
SteersMedium and Large 3—564223.96/cwt220.00–228.001,2634
SteersMedium and Large 3—514232.28/cwt230.00–235.001,1947
SteersMedium and Large 3—317274.32/cwt270.00–275.008707
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523205.85/cwt200.00–210.001,0777
HeifersMedium and Large 2—512194.05/cwt190.00–198.009944
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380214.87/cwt210.00–220.008174
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370222.24/cwt220.00–225.008226
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490205.51/cwt200.00–208.001,00711
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—755871.36/head825.00–925.008716
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,19079.00/cwt79.00–79.009402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,1481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—99075.00/cwt75.00–75.007431
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3731,869.81/head1,125.00–2,300.001,8704
Bulls——1,080115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2421
Bulls——1,205119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,4341
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,640100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6401
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15797.41/cwt94.00–102.001,12716
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08883.40/cwt82.00–85.009074
CowsLean 85-90%—98784.05/cwt81.00–87.008305
CowsLean 85-90%—85070.00/cwt70.00–70.005951
CowsLean 85-90%—96476.04/cwt73.00–79.007334
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16090.48/cwt89.00–92.001,0506
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,3971

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.