Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-09-04

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 4
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
89 vs last sale 200 147 vs year ago 258 · 57.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
14 vs last sale 38 7 vs year ago 31 · 22.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 26 vs year ago 31 · 83.9%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls sharply lower, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $217.80/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$217.80
11 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$991
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.13
vs GA average
33.16 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447227.631,0176thin
Medium and Large 2468208.349753thin
Medium and Large 3460202.539322thin
One grade step is worth $25.10/cwt here — about $86 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 sale11 hd
217.80
GA average14 barns · 471 hd
235.93
−18.13
National average144 barns · 6,028 hd
250.96
−33.16
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
BullsAverage1,585140.142,2213thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,060108.571,15111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,682102.221,7205thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average80597.007811thin

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 2700–750732156.65/cwt150.00–160.001,1473
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800780147.30/cwt142.00–150.001,1493
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350320222.58/cwt220.00–225.007122
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650608167.49/cwt165.00–170.001,0182
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422228.52/cwt225.00–235.009643
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472226.73/cwt225.00–230.001,0703
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500471222.82/cwt220.00–225.001,0495
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500460202.53/cwt200.00–205.009322
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400384200.71/cwt200.00–205.007717
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500468208.34/cwt205.00–210.009753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2960130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2771
Bulls1,645147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,4181
Bulls1,555136.71/cwt135.00–139.002,1262
CowsLean 85-90%80597.00/cwt97.00–97.007811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,058118.07/cwt116.00–121.001,2493
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,0281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,061106.15/cwt104.00–109.001,1267
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79897.83/cwt95.00–100.001,7592
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,605105.15/cwt103.00–109.001,6883

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.