Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-01-17

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 17
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
35 vs last sale 221 29 vs year ago 215 · 13.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
21 vs last sale 49 6 vs year ago 34 · 17.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Claves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves unevenly steady, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.03/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$215.03
39 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$24.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.76
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2421224.4194624
Medium and Large 3484200.0196815thin
One grade step is worth $24.40/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale39 hd
215.03
GA average15 barns · 2,096 hd
219.79
−4.76
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
BullsAverage1,492117.211,7483thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,473107.621,5856thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10197.391,0729thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average78782.826525thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 3518198.34/cwt195.00–200.001,0273
BullsMedium and Large 3412228.97/cwt227.00–230.009433
HeifersMedium and Large 3377218.36/cwt215.00–220.008233
HeifersMedium and Large 3576181.35/cwt175.00–183.001,0455
HeifersMedium and Large 3464205.48/cwt200.00–210.009537
HeifersMedium and Large 2359232.61/cwt232.00–235.0083510
HeifersMedium and Large 2466218.55/cwt210.00–220.001,01814
SteersMedium and Large 3518226.55/cwt225.00–228.001,1742
SteersMedium and Large 3470245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,15211
Bulls1,475110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6231
Bulls1,500120.81/cwt118.00–123.001,8122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03098.63/cwt96.00–101.001,0164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,273108.52/cwt107.00–110.001,3812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,360101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3741
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495108.94/cwt107.00–112.001,6295
CowsLean 85-90%60575.00/cwt75.00–75.004541
CowsLean 85-90%83384.78/cwt81.00–88.007064
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08088.33/cwt87.00–90.009543

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.