Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-11-01

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Nov 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
114 vs last sale 251 21 vs year ago 158 · 13.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
13 vs last sale 10 10 vs year ago 33 · 30.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Heifer calves lightly tested, Bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $236.58/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$236.58
53 head · 367 lb average
Value per head Derived
$869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.86
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1324256.2083017thin
Medium and Large 2390232.0790623
Medium and Large 3383218.8983913thin
One grade step is worth $37.32/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale53 hd
236.58
GA average16 barns · 1,083 hd
209.72
+26.86
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
BullsLow1,436104.811,5055thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21376.079234thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00769.577016thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1380244.16/cwt240.00–250.009285
BullsMedium and Large 2393234.58/cwt230.00–239.0092210
BullsMedium and Large 1336256.25/cwt250.00–260.008614
BullsMedium and Large 3357221.40/cwt220.00–225.007907
BullsMedium and Large 2319244.14/cwt240.00–247.007794
BullsMedium and Large 1283263.71/cwt260.00–265.007468
HeifersMedium and Large 1563203.31/cwt200.00–205.001,1453
HeifersMedium and Large 1414222.15/cwt215.00–227.009205
HeifersMedium and Large 1482216.78/cwt210.00–220.001,0453
BullsMedium and Large 2419223.92/cwt220.00–225.009389
BullsMedium and Large 3414215.96/cwt210.00–220.008946
SteersMedium and Large 1425263.41/cwt260.00–265.001,1193
SteersMedium and Large 2403253.31/cwt250.00–255.001,0213
Bulls98094.00/cwt94.00–94.009211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21376.07/cwt75.00–77.009234
Bulls1,540105.03/cwt104.00–106.001,6172
Bulls1,560110.00/cwt109.00–111.001,7162
CowsLean 85-90%86571.00/cwt71.00–71.006141
CowsLean 85-90%1,09581.00/cwt81.00–81.008871
CowsLean 85-90%1,02166.35/cwt65.00–69.006774

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.