Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-11-29

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Nov 29
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
41 vs last sale 183 101 vs year ago 325 · 31.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
18 vs last sale 37 36 vs year ago 55 · 65.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 12 · 58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week due to holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.15/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$221.15
28 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,110
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$2.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.22
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570223.391,2733thin
Medium and Large 2529221.571,1737thin
Medium and Large 3480220.611,05918thin
One grade step is worth $2.78/cwt here — about $215 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 sale28 hd
221.15
GA average14 barns · 1,198 hd
206.93
+14.22
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
BullsAverage1,658119.421,9805thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26794.691,1996thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45992.171,3444thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,28075.009601thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 3473232.11/cwt230.00–235.001,0985
BullsMedium and Large 2363264.93/cwt260.00–270.009624
BullsMedium and Large 1220303.48/cwt300.00–305.006683
BullsMedium and Large 1303286.59/cwt280.00–290.008683
BullsMedium and Large 1417263.20/cwt260.00–270.001,0983
BullsMedium and Large 3285272.46/cwt270.00–275.007774
HeifersMedium and Large 1570223.39/cwt220.00–225.001,2733
SteersMedium and Large 1407291.44/cwt290.00–292.001,1867
BullsMedium and Large 3319263.05/cwt260.00–267.008395
HeifersMedium and Large 3473223.73/cwt220.00–225.001,0588
HeifersMedium and Large 3437226.68/cwt225.00–230.009913
HeifersMedium and Large 3506214.45/cwt210.00–217.001,0857
HeifersMedium and Large 2579213.92/cwt210.00–218.001,2394
HeifersMedium and Large 2463231.76/cwt230.00–235.001,0733
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-285595.00/cwt95.00–95.008121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-395077.00/cwt77.00–77.007321
Bulls1,575117.70/cwt115.00–119.001,8543
Bulls1,783122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,1752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28897.03/cwt95.00–98.001,2503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,360102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,3871
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18887.52/cwt86.00–89.001,0402
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47893.23/cwt91.00–95.001,3783
CowsLean 85-90%1,28075.00/cwt75.00–75.009601

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.