Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-04-03

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 3
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
88 head
6 vs last sale 94 272 vs year ago 360 · 75.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
23 vs last sale 42 5 vs year ago 70 · 7.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
2 vs last sale 7 46 vs year ago 55 · 83.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $273.87/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$273.87
21 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,150
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.65
vs GA average
13.39 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418280.091,1712thin
Medium and Large 2420273.211,14719thin
One grade step is worth $6.88/cwt here — about $23 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 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
273.87
GA average16 barns · 565 hd
273.22
+0.65
National average182 barns · 10,678 hd
287.26
−13.39
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
BullsHigh1,593142.482,2703thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,123130.901,47015
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,482128.051,89817
CowsLean 85-90%Average909102.4793114

Every lot, as filed

20 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 2250–300284344.77/cwt342.00–350.009793
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450416307.50/cwt307.00–308.001,2796
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418280.09/cwt275.00–285.001,1712
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420273.21/cwt273.00–275.001,14719
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350305272.46/cwt270.00–275.008312
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300271290.59/cwt285.00–295.007874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,023108.38/cwt107.00–110.001,1092
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,3091
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,375130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2970125.31/cwt121.00–128.001,2163
Bulls2,220161.00/cwt161.00–161.003,5741
Bulls1,280133.22/cwt130.00–136.001,7052
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,464125.32/cwt121.00–128.001,83512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,556132.99/cwt130.00–139.002,0694
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,400141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,9741
CowsLean 85-90%85899.96/cwt97.00–105.008585
CowsLean 85-90%938113.31/cwt110.00–117.001,0635
CowsLean 85-90%93692.07/cwt86.00–95.008624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,143133.65/cwt130.00–138.001,52811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,069123.35/cwt118.00–126.001,3194

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.