Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-02-28

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 28
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 191▲ 10 vs year ago 173 · +5.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 31▼ 17 vs year ago 42 · −40.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 13▼ 9 vs year ago 21 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves unevenly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves lightly tested, Replacement Cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $243.75/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$243.75
43 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,058
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.38
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1397259.191,02810thin
Medium and Large 3374242.1390515thin
Medium and Large 2505236.511,19418thin
One grade step is worth $22.69/cwt here — about −$166 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 sale43 hd
243.75
—
GA average16 barns · 1,804 hd
246.12
−2.38
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—Average1,822126.642,3073thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,441108.831,5685thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,130106.521,2037thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99192.419165thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,355$1,7003thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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—363317.59/cwt315.00–320.001,1532
BullsMedium and Large 2—227336.62/cwt330.00–340.007643
BullsMedium and Large 1—311336.17/cwt330.00–340.001,0455
BullsMedium and Large 2—315325.16/cwt320.00–330.001,0242
BullsMedium and Large 3—420236.79/cwt230.00–240.009953
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468243.31/cwt240.00–250.001,1393
SteersMedium and Large 3—660226.72/cwt225.00–230.001,4963
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373255.23/cwt250.00–260.009524
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428246.22/cwt240.00–250.001,0544
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273261.24/cwt255.00–265.007134
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335252.43/cwt250.00–255.008462
SteersMedium and Large 1—542272.01/cwt270.00–280.001,4745
SteersMedium and Large 3—518250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2954
SteersMedium and Large 3—577233.09/cwt232.00–240.001,3457
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571232.40/cwt228.00–237.001,3278
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366266.00/cwt266.00–266.009747
HeifersMedium and Large 2—658196.07/cwt190.00–202.001,2902
HeifersMedium and Large 3—465223.03/cwt220.00–225.001,0374
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368244.76/cwt240.00–250.009012
BullsMedium and Large 2—537248.35/cwt245.00–250.001,3343
BullsMedium and Large 2—365277.60/cwt275.00–280.001,0132
BullsMedium and Large 2—580226.10/cwt222.00–230.001,3112
BullsMedium and Large 3—520224.95/cwt220.00–230.001,1703
BullsMedium and Large 3—243315.05/cwt310.00–320.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 3—417233.52/cwt230.00–240.009743
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,180116.32/cwt112.00–122.001,3732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,238101.01/cwt98.00–105.001,2513
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,3551,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—985116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,140107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2201
Bulls——1,822126.64/cwt124.00–128.002,3073
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,425105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4961
CowsLean 85-90%—97584.00/cwt84.00–84.008191
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,115126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4051
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,132103.27/cwt100.00–106.001,1696
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,445109.79/cwt107.00–112.001,5864
CowsLean 85-90%—99594.51/cwt90.00–97.009404

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.