Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-04-24

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 24
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
134 head
90 vs last sale 224 263 vs year ago 397 · 66.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
6 vs last sale 39 63 vs year ago 96 · 65.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 10 16 vs year ago 24 · 66.7%
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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 mostly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves mostly steady, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $240.52/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$240.52
11 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,042
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.39
vs GA average
45.60 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413257.581,0642thin
Medium and Large 2434247.691,0754thin
Medium and Large 3441227.961,0055thin
One grade step is worth $29.62/cwt here — about $59 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 sale11 hd
240.52
GA average16 barns · 570 hd
262.91
−22.39
National average180 barns · 9,901 hd
286.12
−45.60
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
BullsAverage1,798139.002,4992thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,146112.631,2919thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,379111.281,5346thin
CowsLean 85-90%High949105.751,0047thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1400–450403287.48/cwt285.00–290.001,1592
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485250.10/cwt245.00–255.001,2132
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300272315.03/cwt310.00–320.008573
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300254288.69/cwt285.00–290.007334
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350310275.60/cwt272.00–280.008543
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475222.45/cwt220.00–225.001,0572
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400372268.41/cwt265.00–270.009983
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450434247.69/cwt247.00–250.001,0754
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450418231.63/cwt230.00–235.009683
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450424283.79/cwt280.00–285.001,2034
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500483274.95/cwt270.00–280.001,32810
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413257.58/cwt255.00–260.001,0642
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,180125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2788159.73/cwt155.00–165.001,2592
Bulls1,350133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,7961
Bulls2,245145.00/cwt145.00–145.003,2551
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,258117.09/cwt115.00–119.001,4732
CowsLean 85-90%915117.65/cwt115.00–120.001,0762
CowsLean 85-90%92098.00/cwt98.00–98.009021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,149111.96/cwt109.00–115.001,2868
CowsBoner 80-85%1,120118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,439108.37/cwt105.00–114.001,5594
CowsLean 85-90%974101.74/cwt100.00–105.009914

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.