Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-08-28

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Aug 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
20 vs last sale 220 67 vs year ago 267 · 25.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
58 vs last sale 96 17 vs year ago 55 · 30.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
39 vs last sale 44 31 vs year ago 36 · 86.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves had limited comparable sales from previous week, bull calves 6.00 lower, heifer calves 8.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $202.42/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$202.42
2 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
22.45
vs GA average
39.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3523202.421,0592thin
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 sale2 hd
202.42
GA average15 barns · 545 hd
224.87
−22.45
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−39.46
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
BullsAverage1,545151.422,3403thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,238129.021,5987thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,401124.301,7414thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,088116.171,2645thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,028$1,5013thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 3450–500475216.38/cwt212.00–220.001,02813
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750720175.79/cwt175.00–176.001,2665
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600568192.51/cwt190.00–195.001,0932
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700668175.09/cwt170.00–180.001,1702
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550506199.50/cwt197.00–200.001,0096
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300285287.46/cwt285.00–290.008192
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650623178.34/cwt175.00–180.001,1113
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500467216.68/cwt215.00–220.001,0123
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550523202.42/cwt200.00–205.001,0592
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350324244.78/cwt240.00–250.007935
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400360220.00/cwt215.00–225.007922
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1143
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525224.76/cwt220.00–227.001,1803
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400363232.52/cwt230.00–235.008444
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450410229.94/cwt225.00–235.009433
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350336235.01/cwt230.00–240.007905
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300263329.86/cwt325.00–335.008682
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300271248.80/cwt245.00–250.006744
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450405212.50/cwt210.00–215.008612
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0751,489.42/head1,475.00–1,500.001,4892
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39351,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bulls1,970157.00/cwt157.00–157.003,0931
Bulls1,333148.63/cwt146.00–151.001,9812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,401124.30/cwt119.00–126.001,7414
CowsLean 85-90%1,185124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4691
CowsLean 85-90%985106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,214128.02/cwt126.00–130.001,5546
CowsBoner 80-85%1,385135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8701
CowsLean 85-90%1,090116.95/cwt116.00–118.001,2753

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.