Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-01-24

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 24
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
218 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 186▲ 38 vs year ago 180 · +21.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 28▲ 7 vs year ago 38 · +18.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 21 vs year ago 27 · −77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Claves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.75/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$230.75
42 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$25.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.07
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2382248.819519thin
Medium and Large 1566235.091,3308thin
Medium and Large 3433222.8596525
One grade step is worth $25.95/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale42 hd
230.75
—
GA average15 barns · 1,627 hd
230.81
−0.07
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
Bulls—Average1,536126.851,9488thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,519113.201,7198thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,128104.261,17713
CowsLean 85-90%High94587.248254thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1—325312.46/cwt310.00–315.001,0152
BullsMedium and Large 3—425255.07/cwt250.00–260.001,0845
BullsMedium and Large 3—475244.79/cwt240.00–250.001,1632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518244.60/cwt242.00–250.001,2673
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582237.33/cwt235.00–240.001,3813
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560222.51/cwt222.00–223.001,2462
SteersMedium and Large 3—369258.10/cwt255.00–260.009525
SteersMedium and Large 3—507246.71/cwt240.00–250.001,2513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—263261.71/cwt255.00–265.006883
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478214.75/cwt210.00–220.001,02716
HeifersMedium and Large 3—277246.81/cwt240.00–250.006843
SteersMedium and Large 1—575257.31/cwt255.00–260.001,4803
SteersMedium and Large 1—371315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,16916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—235267.61/cwt265.00–270.006292
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530236.95/cwt232.00–242.001,2562
HeifersMedium and Large 3—391232.49/cwt225.00–235.009096
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613217.45/cwt215.00–220.001,3332
SteersMedium and Large 3—418248.31/cwt245.00–250.001,0383
SteersMedium and Large 2—428259.85/cwt255.00–265.001,1122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,20389.00/cwt89.00–89.001,0712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—918100.00/cwt100.00–100.009182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—930104.00/cwt104.00–104.009671
Bulls——1,680125.87/cwt123.00–128.002,1153
Bulls——1,568134.87/cwt133.00–138.002,1153
Bulls——1,270116.28/cwt114.00–118.001,4772
CowsLean 85-90%—83391.97/cwt91.00–93.007662
CowsLean 85-90%—98078.00/cwt78.00–78.007641
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,140115.53/cwt113.00–119.001,3173
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09997.35/cwt95.00–102.001,0706
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,164106.18/cwt103.00–110.001,2364
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13587.00/cwt87.00–87.009871
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,425105.68/cwt103.00–108.001,5062
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,550115.70/cwt111.00–118.001,7936

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.