Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady to 4.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Replacement Cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $298.20/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$298.20

42 head · 372 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$167

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$26.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.68

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	331	314.98	1,044	11thin
Medium and Large 3	308	300.46	924	9thin
Medium and Large 2	419	288.88	1,211	22

One grade step is worth $26.10/cwt here — about −$167 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

298.20

—

GA average16 barns · 1,495 hd

281.52

+16.68

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	1,765	137.65	2,430	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,352	125.78	1,701	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,178	121.03	1,426	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	852	103.62	883	4thin

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)	1,382	$1,838	3thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1	—	374	312.41/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	308.41/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,015	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	613	250.02/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	315.55/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,016	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	292	301.29/cwt	300.00–310.00	880	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	303.45/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	252.55/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,051	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	260.14/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,353	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,471	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	384	309.14/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,187	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	317.36/cwt	315.00–320.00	857	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	255.77/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,437	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	362	297.54/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	262.47/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	292	253.26/cwt	250.00–260.00	740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	276.92/cwt	275.00–280.00	845	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	2,232.65/head	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,233	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	1,105	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	118.21/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,257	3
Bulls	—	—	1,895	135.48/cwt	135.00–136.00	2,567	2
Bulls	—	—	1,505	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,137	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	125.61/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,534	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	104.96/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,097	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,354	127.30/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,724	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	120.45/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,620	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	761	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	848	108.82/cwt	106.00–111.00	923	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	114.17/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,254	2

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 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 167Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 26Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 3Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	374	310.00–315.00	312.41
9	—	322	310.00–320.00	315.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	329	305.00–310.00	308.41
2	—	613	245.00–255.00	250.02
3	—	375	300.00–310.00	303.45
2	—	270	315.00–320.00	317.36
6	—	562	250.00–260.00	255.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	292	300.00–310.00	301.29
2	—	362	295.00–300.00	297.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	250.00–260.00	252.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	255.00–265.00	260.14
2	—	420	260.00–265.00	262.47
8	—	305	275.00–280.00	276.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	292	250.00–260.00	253.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	310	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	535	275.00	275.00
6	—	384	305.00–310.00	309.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,520	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,232.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,063	116.00–121.00	118.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,895	135.00–136.00	135.48
1	—	1,505	142.00	142.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,221	122.00–129.00	125.61
2	—	1,045	101.00–109.00	104.96
2	—	1,098	112.00–116.00	114.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,354	125.00–130.00	127.30
2	—	1,345	119.00–122.00	120.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	88.00	88.00
3	—	848	106.00–111.00	108.82

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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Bulls · 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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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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