Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.14/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$235.14

33 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$3.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.00

vs GA average

−33.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	576	236.64	1,363	17thin
Medium and Large 3	524	233.55	1,223	16thin

One grade step is worth $3.09/cwt here — about $140 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale33 hd

235.14

—

GA average15 barns · 443 hd

246.14

−11.00

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−33.24

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,532	132.00	2,022	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,293	113.00	1,461	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	983	110.73	1,088	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	98.05	927	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,106	$1,565	8

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	332.32/cwt	330.00–340.00	930	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	297.57/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	295.46/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,135	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	282.49/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,198	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	252.49/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	308.77/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,007	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	288.25/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,554	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	248.48/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,590	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	254.27/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	571	225.97/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,290	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	236.07/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,199	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	262.50/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,194	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	246.72/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,066	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	289.15/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,353	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	262.00/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,258	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	289.00/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,225	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	325.12/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	281.49/cwt	280.00–283.00	994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	236.64/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,363	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	239.00/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,102	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,183	1,627.06/head	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,627	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	1,028	1,503.04/head	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,503	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,198	1
Bulls	—	—	1,795	133.90/cwt	133.00–135.00	2,404	2
Bulls	—	—	1,268	130.09/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,650	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	975	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,043	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	111.97/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,103	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,461	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	100.58/cwt	98.00–103.00	920	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	935	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Wed May 1, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 134Year ago 404

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 33Year ago 63

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 8Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	330.00–340.00	332.32
2	300–350	308	320.00–330.00	325.12
4	400–450	416	290.00–300.00	297.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	384	295.00–300.00	295.46
2	400–450	424	288.00–290.00	289.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	305.00–310.00	308.77
10	400–450	424	277.00–287.00	282.49
3	450–500	480	260.00–263.00	262.00
2	500–550	508	250.00–255.00	252.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	539	287.00–290.00	288.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	285.00–293.00	289.15
12	600–650	640	248.00–250.00	248.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	413	250.00–258.00	254.27
17	550–600	576	231.00–237.00	236.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	432	240.00–250.00	246.72
10	450–500	461	235.00–240.00	239.00
12	500–550	508	230.00–238.00	236.07
4	550–600	571	222.00–230.00	225.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	280.00–283.00	281.49
2	450–500	455	260.00–265.00	262.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,183	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,627.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,028	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,503.04
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	107.00	107.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,795	133.00–135.00	133.90
2	—	1,268	129.00–131.00	130.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	107.00	107.00
3	—	985	110.00–113.00	111.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	113.00	113.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	98.00–103.00	100.58
1	—	1,005	93.00	93.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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