Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 4.00 to 5.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves mostly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $233.25/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$233.25

17 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$6.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.21

vs GA average

−39.70 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	465	238.37	1,108	3thin
Medium and Large 3	455	232.15	1,055	14thin

One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about $53 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 sale17 hd

233.25

—

GA average16 barns · 646 hd

261.46

−28.21

National average157 barns · 6,422 hd

272.95

−39.70

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	—	Low	1,653	144.00	2,380	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,164	132.99	1,548	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,457	131.58	1,917	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	896	101.24	907	16

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	84.78/cwt	81.00–88.00	779	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	136.34/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,637	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	128.29/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,427	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	134.52/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,913	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,911	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	95.71/cwt	92.00–99.00	831	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	711	196.24/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,395	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	289.98/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	298.37/cwt	295.00–300.00	821	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	281.68/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,006	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	235.66/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,011	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	228.64/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,097	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	238.37/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	266.15/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,001	12
Bulls	—	—	1,365	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,856	1
Bulls	—	—	1,940	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,949	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	127.64/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,917	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	114.60/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,034	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	298.30/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,402	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	272.43/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	222.48/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	279.19/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,181	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	292.62/cwt	290.00–295.00	951	2

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 Jul 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 188Last week 176Year ago 259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 56Year ago 21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	919	81.00–88.00	84.78
5	—	868	92.00–99.00	95.71
7	—	902	111.00–119.00	114.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,201	132.00–139.00	136.34
5	—	1,112	125.00–131.00	128.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,422	132.00–137.00	134.52
2	—	1,360	140.00–141.00	140.50
9	—	1,502	125.00–131.00	127.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	136.00	136.00
1	—	1,940	152.00	152.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	290.00–295.00	292.62
3	350–400	357	280.00–285.00	281.68
6	400–450	423	275.00–285.00	279.19
2	450–500	468	270.00–275.00	272.43
4	600–650	635	220.00–225.00	222.48
4	700–750	711	195.00–200.00	196.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	295.00–300.00	298.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	474	285.00–295.00	289.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	295.00–300.00	298.37
3	450–500	465	235.00–240.00	238.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	376	260.00–270.00	266.15
7	400–450	429	230.00–240.00	235.66
7	450–500	480	225.00–235.00	228.64

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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