Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-03-20

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 20
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
6 vs last sale 116 269 vs year ago 379 · 71.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
26 vs last sale 40 33 vs year ago 99 · 33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
13 vs last sale 4 67 vs year ago 84 · 79.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves steady, Bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $268.29/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$268.29
9 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,452
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.96
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3541268.291,4529thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
268.29
GA average12 barns · 153 hd
272.24
−3.96
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
BullsHigh1,697146.332,4833thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,465131.991,93312
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,122131.971,48122
CowsLean 85-90%Average911105.8496413

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)640$9502thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 3300–350303317.48/cwt315.00–320.009622
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550502273.32/cwt270.00–275.001,3723
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600561265.77/cwt260.00–267.001,4916
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400369302.22/cwt300.00–310.001,1157
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300278337.34/cwt335.00–340.009382
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400368271.19/cwt270.00–272.009985
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400378313.68/cwt310.00–320.001,1865
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450420304.57/cwt300.00–306.001,2794
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350322261.79/cwt260.00–265.008433
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450405242.53/cwt240.00–245.009822
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400385324.61/cwt320.00–327.001,2503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3640950.00/head950.00–950.009502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3925110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0181
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,045135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2790130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0271
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,095110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2051
Bulls2,200155.00/cwt155.00–155.003,4101
CowsBoner 80-85%975121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1801
CowsBoner 80-85%1,133126.36/cwt122.00–130.001,4329
CowsLean 85-90%931103.54/cwt100.00–110.009647
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,457128.42/cwt125.00–131.001,8717
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,475136.99/cwt135.00–139.002,0215
Bulls1,425139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,9811
Bulls1,465145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,1241
CowsLean 85-90%901115.51/cwt110.00–118.001,0414
CowsLean 85-90%85894.52/cwt92.00–97.008112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,126137.09/cwt132.00–140.001,54412

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.