Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-05-08

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, May 8
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
80 vs last sale 221 213 vs year ago 354 · 60.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
6 vs last sale 14 27 vs year ago 47 · 57.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.75/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$231.75
9 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,182
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
13.44
vs GA average
35.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3510231.751,1829thin
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 sale9 hd
231.75
GA average16 barns · 338 hd
245.19
−13.44
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
−35.84
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
BullsHigh1,635140.532,29710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,512119.481,8073thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,142116.001,3255thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low70597.006841thin

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 3550–600573253.56/cwt252.00–255.001,4532
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500472283.97/cwt280.00–285.001,3405
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550537267.84/cwt260.00–270.001,4387
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350323280.88/cwt280.00–285.009076
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400358282.55/cwt280.00–285.001,0122
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400383270.09/cwt265.00–275.001,0343
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500481258.99/cwt258.00–260.001,2462
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500473275.13/cwt270.00–280.001,3012
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450411249.02/cwt245.00–253.001,0238
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550510231.75/cwt230.00–240.001,1829
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500471251.64/cwt247.00–257.001,18510
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350335263.38/cwt260.00–265.008823
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500463243.35/cwt240.00–245.001,1273
Bulls1,675151.32/cwt147.00–155.002,5352
Bulls1,376134.42/cwt130.00–136.001,8504
Bulls1,873141.24/cwt138.00–145.002,6454
CowsBoner 80-85%1,100110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2102
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,512119.48/cwt118.00–121.001,8073
CowsLean 85-90%70597.00/cwt97.00–97.006841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,170120.00/cwt119.00–121.001,4043

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.