Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.37/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$220.37

53 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$11.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.67

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	227.56	1,077	18thin
Medium and Large 2	481	217.01	1,043	17thin
Medium and Large 3	393	216.35	850	18thin

One grade step is worth $11.21/cwt here — about $226 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 sale53 hd

220.37

—

GA average16 barns · 2,227 hd

239.04

−18.67

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	1,416	127.97	1,811	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,416	116.09	1,644	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,059	115.14	1,220	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	935	91.02	851	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	975	$1,075	1thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	458	246.36/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,128	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	305.03/cwt	300.00–310.00	997	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	257.33/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,351	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	274	318.26/cwt	315.00–320.00	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	206.48/cwt	203.00–210.00	894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	204.96/cwt	200.00–210.00	947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	225.93/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,048	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	214.98/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,109	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	223.47/cwt	222.00–225.00	912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	217.50/cwt	217.00–218.00	1,381	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,155	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	214.92/cwt	210.00–220.00	920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	165.11/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,032	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	234.50/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	231.15/cwt	225.00–235.00	865	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	312.85/cwt	310.00–315.00	989	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	273.24/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	230	253.99/cwt	250.00–260.00	584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	199.98/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,266	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	230.04/cwt	225.00–235.00	732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	217.48/cwt	215.00–220.00	822	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	975	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,013	1
Bulls	—	—	1,253	120.58/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,511	2
Bulls	—	—	1,578	135.35/cwt	134.00–137.00	2,136	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	110.03/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,645	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	91.02/cwt	89.00–93.00	851	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	116.15/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,309	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	126.40/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,426	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	906	102.63/cwt	100.00–108.00	930	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,641	5

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 Feb 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 167Last week 460Year ago 133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 82Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 18Year ago 68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	458	240.00–248.00	246.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	300.00–310.00	305.03
3	—	525	257.00–258.00	257.33
3	—	274	315.00–320.00	318.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	316	310.00–315.00	312.85
5	—	469	272.00–275.00	273.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	203.00–210.00	206.48
3	—	462	200.00–210.00	204.96
3	—	625	160.00–170.00	165.11
4	—	230	250.00–260.00	253.99
4	—	318	225.00–235.00	230.04
2	—	378	215.00–220.00	217.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	464	220.00–230.00	225.93
2	—	408	222.00–225.00	223.47
4	—	533	230.00–240.00	234.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	516	210.00–218.00	214.98
3	—	428	210.00–220.00	214.92
4	—	374	225.00–235.00	231.15
2	—	633	195.00–205.00	199.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	217.00–218.00	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	265.00	265.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	105.00	105.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	120.00–121.00	120.58
2	—	1,578	134.00–137.00	135.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	107.00–114.00	110.03
5	—	1,385	117.00–120.00	118.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	89.00–93.00	91.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,127	112.00–119.00	116.15
4	—	1,128	123.00–133.00	126.40
4	—	906	100.00–108.00	102.63

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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