Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-03-13

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 13
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
1 vs last sale 115 72 vs year ago 188 · 38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
8 vs last sale 32 26 vs year ago 66 · 39.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 5 42 vs year ago 46 · 91.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $232.88/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$232.88
8 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,279
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
39.90
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2561237.501,3326thin
Medium and Large 3513219.021,1242thin
One grade step is worth $18.48/cwt here — about $209 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
232.88
GA average14 barns · 200 hd
272.78
−39.90
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
BullsAverage1,466136.942,0088thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,359127.571,73410
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,062125.841,33615
CowsLean 85-90%Average93396.589015thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1300–350326347.47/cwt340.00–350.001,1334
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300295301.67/cwt295.00–305.008903
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450423250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0584
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400353320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1304
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650618226.01/cwt222.00–232.001,3974
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600561237.50/cwt237.00–240.001,3326
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428244.97/cwt240.00–250.001,0482
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350311251.39/cwt250.00–255.007824
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350319274.07/cwt270.00–275.0087411
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400388242.52/cwt240.00–245.009412
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550513219.02/cwt215.00–223.001,1242
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450431307.60/cwt307.00–308.001,3265
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750728177.53/cwt175.00–180.001,2922
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519247.54/cwt240.00–250.001,2854
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400358257.48/cwt255.00–260.009222
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450423237.54/cwt235.00–240.001,0052
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2870130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1311
Bulls1,175128.15/cwt125.00–130.001,5063
Bulls1,819147.77/cwt142.00–152.002,6884
Bulls930120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1161
CowsBoner 80-85%944119.21/cwt118.00–120.001,1254
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,389124.68/cwt120.00–128.001,7326
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,315131.90/cwt129.00–136.001,7344
CowsLean 85-90%1,05092.00/cwt92.00–92.009661
CowsLean 85-90%935102.63/cwt100.00–108.009603
CowsLean 85-90%81083.00/cwt83.00–83.006721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,040124.79/cwt123.00–128.001,2985
CowsBoner 80-85%1,158131.13/cwt129.00–135.001,5186

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.