Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-09-13

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 13
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
274 head
16 vs last sale 258 42 vs year ago 232 · +18.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
40 vs last sale 31 88 vs year ago 159 · 55.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
21 vs last sale 31 5 vs year ago 15 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Heifer calves lightly tested, Bull calves 5.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $226.93/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$226.93
52 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.19
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2448229.761,02914thin
Medium and Large 3422225.8995438
One grade step is worth $3.86/cwt here — about $75 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
226.93
GA average16 barns · 1,264 hd
211.74
+15.19
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
BullsAverage1,490121.211,8067thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,144101.301,15911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43999.341,4298thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03388.4691422

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 2480224.13/cwt220.00–226.001,0766
BullsMedium and Large 2263263.16/cwt260.00–265.006923
BullsMedium and Large 2520216.47/cwt210.00–219.001,1265
BullsMedium and Large 3483214.40/cwt210.00–216.001,0367
BullsMedium and Large 3523205.03/cwt200.00–207.001,0727
BullsMedium and Large 3363239.20/cwt230.00–240.0086812
HeifersMedium and Large 3513196.49/cwt190.00–200.001,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 3580182.34/cwt180.00–185.001,0583
BullsMedium and Large 3605182.48/cwt180.00–185.001,1042
BullsMedium and Large 3405227.27/cwt222.00–230.009203
BullsMedium and Large 3317247.25/cwt240.00–250.007847
SteersMedium and Large 1685223.81/cwt220.00–225.001,5334
SteersMedium and Large 3520236.24/cwt230.00–237.001,2289
HeifersMedium and Large 2579196.86/cwt190.00–199.001,1404
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-299895.90/cwt94.00–98.009572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01098.00/cwt98.00–98.009901
Bulls1,333114.98/cwt113.00–118.001,5333
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47292.61/cwt90.00–96.001,3633
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188105.87/cwt102.00–109.001,2584
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160110.97/cwt110.00–112.001,2872
Bulls1,608125.88/cwt123.00–129.002,0244
CowsLean 85-90%1,11592.27/cwt90.00–94.001,0293
CowsLean 85-90%1,000104.87/cwt104.00–106.001,0492
CowsLean 85-90%1,02385.86/cwt82.00–89.0087817
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10393.77/cwt91.00–98.001,0345
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,419103.38/cwt101.00–107.001,4675

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.