Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $276.58/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$276.58

26 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$2.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.26

vs GA average

−34.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	277.00	1,601	22
Medium and Large 2	540	274.26	1,481	4thin

One grade step is worth $2.74/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale26 hd

276.58

—

GA average15 barns · 368 hd

295.84

−19.26

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−34.19

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	1,719	146.81	2,524	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,449	123.73	1,793	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,189	122.31	1,454	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	879	97.67	859	6thin

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)	1,150	$2,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	300–350	320	334.92/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	278.89/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	256.20/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,217	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	286.72/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,069	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	238.56/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,226	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	299.37/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,120	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	256.34/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,069	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	288.66/cwt	285.00–290.00	918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	284.81/cwt	280.00–290.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	270.13/cwt	266.00–272.00	1,634	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	277.00/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,601	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	274.26/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	722	188.29/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,359	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,025	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	230.95/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,328	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	285.72/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,223	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	229.19/cwt	228.00–231.00	1,627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	285.58/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,402	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,361	124.79/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,698	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,239	128.98/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,598	5
Bulls	—	—	2,088	145.15/cwt	144.00–146.00	3,031	2
Bulls	—	—	1,621	151.34/cwt	149.00–157.00	2,453	4
Bulls	—	—	1,375	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,815	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	116.75/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,317	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	105.18/cwt	102.00–108.00	876	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	85.24/cwt	81.00–89.00	821	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	124.77/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,774	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	124.36/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,510	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,580	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	129.24/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,860	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	118.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,813	10

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 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 224Last week 141Year ago 283

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 20Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	330.00–340.00	334.92
2	500–550	525	275.00–283.00	278.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	250.00–260.00	256.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	295.00–300.00	299.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	285.00–290.00	286.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	285.00–290.00	288.66
9	400–450	417	252.00–262.00	256.34
4	500–550	514	230.00–242.00	238.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	280.00–290.00	284.81
11	400–450	410	250.00	250.00
14	550–600	575	225.00–235.00	230.95
3	700–750	722	185.00–190.00	188.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	578	274.00–284.00	277.00
13	600–650	605	266.00–272.00	270.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	491	285.00–286.00	285.58
4	500–550	540	272.00–275.00	274.26
5	700–750	710	228.00–231.00	229.19
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	428	280.00–287.00	285.72

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,361	121.00–127.00	124.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,239	128.00–130.00	128.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,088	144.00–146.00	145.15
4	—	1,621	149.00–157.00	151.34
1	—	1,375	132.00	132.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,128	111.00–120.00	116.75
13	—	1,214	121.00–128.00	124.36
1	—	1,225	129.00	129.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	833	102.00–108.00	105.18
2	—	963	81.00–89.00	85.24
1	—	850	100.00	100.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,422	121.00–128.00	124.77
4	—	1,439	129.00–130.00	129.24
10	—	1,530	115.00–120.00	118.52

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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Steers · 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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