Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-04-17

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 17
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
108 vs last sale 332 83 vs year ago 307 · 27.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
5 vs last sale 44 23 vs year ago 62 · 37.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
0 vs last sale 10 9 vs year ago 19 · 47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder steers and steer calves were lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, and feeder heifers and heifer calves sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $226.27/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$226.27
23 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,256
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$21
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
38.59
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2551227.341,25421
Medium and Large 3593215.021,2752thin
One grade step is worth $12.32/cwt here — about −$21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale23 hd
226.27
GA average14 barns · 245 hd
264.86
−38.59
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
BullsLow1,617128.722,0814thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,720105.961,82316
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,099105.961,1656thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average920100.999294thin

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)1,295$1,7674thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1600–650641229.33/cwt227.00–235.001,4708
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350318319.72/cwt315.00–325.001,0172
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400379296.25/cwt295.00–300.001,1234
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400373274.97/cwt270.00–280.001,0262
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550508233.91/cwt230.00–240.001,1889
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400385260.21/cwt255.00–265.001,0028
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500465240.00/cwt235.00–245.001,1162
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350310269.92/cwt265.00–275.008372
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350317255.25/cwt252.00–260.008099
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600593215.02/cwt210.00–220.001,2752
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600571207.44/cwt200.00–210.001,1848
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700670185.11/cwt180.00–190.001,2402
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600590220.04/cwt215.00–225.001,2982
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300283313.25/cwt312.00–320.008866
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600584222.42/cwt220.00–225.001,29912
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650634212.41/cwt210.00–220.001,3474
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500487236.52/cwt230.00–240.001,15224
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750728174.88/cwt170.00–180.001,2732
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480217.78/cwt217.00–227.001,04513
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2951,767.47/head1,625.00–1,925.001,7674
Bulls1,615116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,8731
Bulls1,617132.96/cwt130.00–135.002,1503
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,653101.51/cwt96.00–104.001,6785
CowsLean 85-90%99098.98/cwt95.00–103.009802
CowsLean 85-90%790115.00/cwt115.00–115.009091
CowsLean 85-90%91091.00/cwt91.00–91.008281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,118101.49/cwt101.00–102.001,1352
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,751107.99/cwt105.00–111.001,89111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,090108.20/cwt105.00–110.001,1794

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.