Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-10-25

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 25
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 269▲ 117 vs year ago 134 · +87.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 22▼ 21 vs year ago 31 · −67.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 19 vs year ago 24 · −79.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 4.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Bull calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 7.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.41/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$193.41
27 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$110
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.23
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2487195.4995223
Medium and Large 1585181.491,0624thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about −$110 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 sale27 hd
193.41
—
GA average16 barns · 1,141 hd
196.64
−3.23
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—High1,575108.521,7092thin
CowsLean 85-90%High92867.786294thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
CowsLean 85-90%—89071.00/cwt71.00–71.006321
CowsLean 85-90%—94066.70/cwt65.00–68.006273
Bulls——1,575108.52/cwt106.00–111.001,7092
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,29090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,39088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2231
HeifersMedium and Large 2—437209.16/cwt200.00–210.0091411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582174.22/cwt170.00–178.001,0145
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483194.87/cwt190.00–200.009414
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518181.62/cwt180.00–185.009413
SteersMedium and Large 3—692171.67/cwt170.00–175.001,1883
SteersMedium and Large 3—608183.34/cwt180.00–185.001,1153
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585181.49/cwt180.00–183.001,0624
BullsMedium and Large 2—680173.41/cwt170.00–175.001,1793
BullsMedium and Large 1—577213.41/cwt210.00–215.001,2313

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.