Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2023-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves mostly steady, heifer calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.49/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$209.49

43 head · 419 lb average

Value per head Derived

$878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$420

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$12.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.80

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	221.00	1,227	2thin
Medium and Large 2	461	210.13	969	14thin
Medium and Large 3	387	208.31	806	27

One grade step is worth $12.69/cwt here — about $420 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 sale43 hd

209.49

—

GA average17 barns · 2,541 hd

200.69

+8.80

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,620	114.24	1,851	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	92.37	1,060	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,022	69.03	705	3thin

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	319	253.64/cwt	252.00–255.00	809	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	218.29/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,041	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	416	227.86/cwt	225.00–235.00	948	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	203.27/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,057	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	203.48/cwt	203.00–204.00	962	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	272	252.43/cwt	252.00–255.00	687	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	253.68/cwt	247.00–255.00	911	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	337	212.62/cwt	210.00–217.00	717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	203.67/cwt	203.00–205.00	855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	222.01/cwt	220.00–223.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	221.00/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,227	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	216.32/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,017	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	197.48/cwt	195.00–198.00	1,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	220.97/cwt	220.00–222.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	199.83/cwt	195.00–205.00	951	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	211.57/cwt	211.00–217.00	770	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	63.04/cwt	61.00–65.00	651	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	91.64/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,060	5
Bulls	—	—	1,620	114.24/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,851	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,056	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	810	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Wed Nov 15, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 183Last week 315Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 42Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	319	252.00–255.00	253.64
8	—	416	225.00–235.00	227.86
3	—	520	200.00–210.00	203.27
4	—	473	203.00–204.00	203.48
7	—	272	252.00–255.00	252.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	215.00–225.00	218.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	359	247.00–255.00	253.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	337	210.00–217.00	212.62
6	—	420	203.00–205.00	203.67
4	—	476	195.00–205.00	199.83
11	—	364	211.00–217.00	211.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	220.00–223.00	222.01
3	—	470	215.00–217.00	216.32
6	—	559	195.00–198.00	197.48
2	—	383	220.00–222.00	220.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	220.00–222.00	221.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	61.00–65.00	63.04
1	—	1,000	81.00	81.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,157	90.00–93.00	91.64
1	—	1,100	96.00	96.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	112.00–116.00	114.24

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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