Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-03-27

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 27
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
16 vs last sale 110 91 vs year ago 185 · 49.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
24 vs last sale 66 1 vs year ago 41 · +2.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
10 vs last sale 17 36 vs year ago 43 · 83.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves unevenly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves steady, Replacement Cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $235.39/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$235.39
6 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,339
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
40.93
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3569235.391,3396thin
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 sale6 hd
235.39
GA average14 barns · 180 hd
276.32
−40.93
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
BullsAverage1,523147.682,2493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,044122.541,27911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,461121.501,77514
CowsLean 85-90%High810110.8789811

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)1,428$2,3644thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,185$1,6002thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 3550–600569235.39/cwt230.00–238.001,3396
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400393302.54/cwt300.00–303.001,1896
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500465274.05/cwt273.00–278.001,27410
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450427283.13/cwt280.00–290.001,2093
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500497260.75/cwt260.00–263.001,2964
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700673182.45/cwt180.00–185.001,2282
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350328309.89/cwt305.00–315.001,0162
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500457282.33/cwt282.00–283.001,2903
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600574242.25/cwt242.00–243.001,3914
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400366266.64/cwt265.00–275.009766
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350318271.81/cwt265.00–275.008643
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550532257.05/cwt255.00–258.001,3683
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450435246.00/cwt242.00–250.001,0702
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,1851,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4282,364.36/head2,150.00–2,550.002,3644
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,165126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4681
Bulls1,523147.68/cwt146.00–151.002,2493
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,397125.37/cwt122.00–128.001,7516
CowsBoner 80-85%965133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2831
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,581110.25/cwt107.00–114.001,7435
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,390132.51/cwt130.00–136.001,8423
CowsLean 85-90%814114.28/cwt110.00–117.009307
CowsLean 85-90%85098.00/cwt98.00–98.008331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,034125.45/cwt122.00–128.001,2976
CowsLean 85-90%788107.19/cwt105.00–109.008453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,079115.55/cwt112.00–119.001,2474

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.