Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $253.75/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$253.75

12 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,425

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$20.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.96

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	264.90	1,518	3thin
Medium and Large 2	553	257.50	1,424	4thin
Medium and Large 3	562	244.06	1,372	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $146 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 sale12 hd

253.75

—

GA average14 barns · 216 hd

262.71

−8.96

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	—	High	1,824	160.31	2,924	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,468	142.42	2,091	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,115	134.53	1,499	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	934	115.95	1,082	10

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)	1,153	$1,369	8

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	350–400	358	340.10/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,218	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	264.90/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	352.52/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,086	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	262.44/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	257.84/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,263	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	231.64/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	234.66/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,307	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	249.90/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	268.15/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,174	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	304.65/cwt	300.00–310.00	984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	305.39/cwt	302.00–308.00	1,112	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	389	273.26/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,063	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	244.06/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,372	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	252.55/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	270.77/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,248	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	283.55/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,202	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	325.03/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	291.98/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,142	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	1,103	1,016.21/head	900.00–1,150.00	1,016	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,203	1,721.31/head	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,721	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,143	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	143.34/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,423	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	133.52/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,208	2
Bulls	—	—	1,878	162.97/cwt	159.00–167.00	3,061	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	144.84/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,812	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,188	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	120.44/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,171	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	147.81/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,202	5
Bulls	—	—	1,715	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,658	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	135.74/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,500	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	111.46/cwt	107.00–115.00	998	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,049	127.08/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,333	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	139.32/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,959	5

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 Jun 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 223Last week 193Year ago 334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 53Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 24Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	350.00–355.00	352.52
2	350–400	358	335.00–345.00	340.10
3	550–600	573	260.00–270.00	264.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	320.00–330.00	325.03
9	450–500	461	265.00–273.00	270.77
2	500–550	528	260.00–265.00	262.44
2	550–600	578	250.00–255.00	252.55
2	600–650	618	245.00–255.00	249.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	424	282.00–290.00	283.55
9	450–500	490	250.00–260.00	257.84
5	550–600	562	240.00–250.00	244.06
3	650–700	670	230.00–235.00	231.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	391	287.00–295.00	291.98
9	550–600	557	232.00–240.00	234.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	389	270.00–280.00	273.26
5	400–450	438	260.00–270.00	268.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	300.00–310.00	304.65
8	350–400	364	302.00–308.00	305.39

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,103	900.00–1,150.00	1,016.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,203	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,721.31
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	142.00	142.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	993	142.00–145.00	143.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	905	133.00–134.00	133.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,878	159.00–167.00	162.97
1	—	1,715	155.00	155.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,251	143.00–148.00	144.84
9	—	1,105	132.00–139.00	135.74
7	—	1,049	123.00–130.00	127.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	131.00	131.00
5	—	1,490	144.00–152.00	147.81
5	—	1,406	136.00–143.00	139.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	972	118.00–125.00	120.44
5	—	895	107.00–115.00	111.46

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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Bulls · 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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