Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-10-18

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 18
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
269 head
21 vs last sale 290 136 vs year ago 133 · +102.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
24 vs last sale 46 8 vs year ago 30 · 26.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
1 vs last sale 9 4 vs year ago 6 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bull steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and Bull calves steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.89/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$208.89
49 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,026
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.22
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2461210.5897018thin
Medium and Large 1547207.941,13719thin
Medium and Large 3448207.8493212thin
One grade step is worth $2.74/cwt here — about $38 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 sale49 hd
208.89
GA average16 barns · 2,231 hd
212.10
−3.22
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
BullsLow1,49595.001,4201thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14588.171,0107thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50786.501,3043thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10676.718486thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 2467234.34/cwt230.00–236.001,0947
BullsMedium and Large 1532232.16/cwt230.00–235.001,2356
BullsMedium and Large 3408234.57/cwt230.00–237.009573
BullsMedium and Large 2363253.30/cwt250.00–255.009193
BullsMedium and Large 2585214.26/cwt210.00–217.001,2534
BullsMedium and Large 3383243.30/cwt240.00–245.009323
HeifersMedium and Large 3367216.77/cwt215.00–220.007963
SteersMedium and Large 1585233.32/cwt230.00–235.001,3656
SteersMedium and Large 1510241.44/cwt240.00–245.001,2317
SteersMedium and Large 2521232.45/cwt230.00–235.001,2115
HeifersMedium and Large 2374222.62/cwt220.00–230.008336
HeifersMedium and Large 3440211.63/cwt210.00–215.009313
HeifersMedium and Large 1528213.16/cwt210.00–214.001,1259
HeifersMedium and Large 1564203.25/cwt200.00–207.001,14610
BullsMedium and Large 3457223.28/cwt220.00–225.001,0203
BullsMedium and Large 3273262.34/cwt260.00–265.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 3493201.48/cwt200.00–205.009936
HeifersMedium and Large 2504204.56/cwt200.00–205.001,03112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16888.41/cwt87.00–90.001,0332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,31087.57/cwt85.00–90.001,1472
Bulls1,49595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19787.63/cwt87.00–89.001,0493
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03091.76/cwt91.00–93.009453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0551
CowsLean 85-90%1,04884.94/cwt84.00–86.008902
CowsLean 85-90%1,21568.00/cwt68.00–68.008261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50786.50/cwt81.00–89.001,3043
CowsLean 85-90%1,10874.12/cwt71.00–77.008213

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.