Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-06-28

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jun 28
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
336 head
2 vs last sale 334 176 vs year ago 160 · +110.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
16 vs last sale 23 21 vs year ago 60 · 35.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
10 vs last sale 30 2 vs year ago 22 · 9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 4.00 to 7.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Heifers steady, Steer calves and Heifer calves unevenly steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.22/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$217.22
42 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,042
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.66
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2430232.229993thin
Medium and Large 3484216.061,04539
One grade step is worth $16.16/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale42 hd
217.22
GA average16 barns · 1,098 hd
208.55
+8.66
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
BullsAverage1,388122.811,7056thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,248111.751,39511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,500110.001,6501thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98594.9693611

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)1,240$1,3002thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 3467233.89/cwt230.00–237.001,0926
HeifersMedium and Large 2430232.22/cwt230.00–237.009993
HeifersMedium and Large 3603195.02/cwt190.00–200.001,1764
HeifersMedium and Large 3582202.32/cwt200.00–205.001,1786
HeifersMedium and Large 3419224.11/cwt220.00–227.009397
SteersMedium and Large 3569222.00/cwt220.00–225.001,2637
SteersMedium and Large 3678202.45/cwt200.00–205.001,3732
SteersMedium and Large 3633215.02/cwt210.00–220.001,3614
SteersMedium and Large 3458243.93/cwt240.00–245.001,11710
SteersMedium and Large 3508234.46/cwt230.00–236.001,1919
HeifersMedium and Large 3363233.58/cwt230.00–240.008486
HeifersMedium and Large 3474215.93/cwt210.00–220.001,0245
HeifersMedium and Large 3523213.87/cwt210.00–218.001,1194
HeifersMedium and Large 3694182.65/cwt180.00–188.001,2683
CowsBoner 80-85%1,281103.20/cwt100.00–107.001,3224
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229116.64/cwt115.00–119.001,4347
CowsLean 85-90%97990.59/cwt88.00–93.008877
CowsLean 85-90%942104.16/cwt102.00–106.009813
CowsLean 85-90%1,16098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1371
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6501
Bulls1,288122.60/cwt120.00–128.001,5793
Bulls1,345119.04/cwt118.00–120.001,6012
Bulls1,775131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,3251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,448118.01/cwt116.00–120.001,7093
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2401,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
HeifersMedium and Large 3325244.77/cwt240.00–250.007964

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.