Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-12-20

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Dec 20
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
97 vs last sale 227 7 vs year ago 123 · +5.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
0 vs last sale 17 10 vs year ago 27 · 37.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Heifer calves steady, Bull calves 5.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.48/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$230.48
20 head · 413 lb average
Value per head Derived
$951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.35
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409236.4196614thin
Medium and Large 3385221.628533thin
Medium and Large 2460211.639733thin
One grade step is worth $24.78/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale20 hd
230.48
GA average15 barns · 1,390 hd
207.13
+23.35
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
BullsAverage1,517112.131,7013thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19898.001,1742thin
CowsLean 85-90%High91390.338253thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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%92092.99/cwt92.00–94.008562
CowsLean 85-90%90085.00/cwt85.00–85.007651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1571
CowsBoner 80-85%1,190100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1901
Bulls1,517112.13/cwt111.00–114.001,7013
SteersMedium and Large 2430251.59/cwt250.00–255.001,0823
HeifersMedium and Large 1380244.87/cwt240.00–250.009312
HeifersMedium and Large 3385221.62/cwt220.00–225.008533
HeifersMedium and Large 1459225.54/cwt220.00–227.001,0355
HeifersMedium and Large 1415233.01/cwt230.00–235.009674
HeifersMedium and Large 1335253.43/cwt250.00–255.008493
SteersMedium and Large 2454244.61/cwt240.00–245.001,11114
HeifersMedium and Large 2460211.63/cwt210.00–215.009733
BullsMedium and Large 1304293.77/cwt290.00–295.008934
BullsMedium and Large 2433253.23/cwt250.00–260.001,0963
BullsMedium and Large 3420243.25/cwt240.00–250.001,0226
BullsMedium and Large 3574213.97/cwt210.00–215.001,2285
BullsMedium and Large 1405262.47/cwt260.00–265.001,0632

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.