Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, steer calves and feeder steers lightly tested, bull calves and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 5.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder heifers lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $199.55/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$199.55

24 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$18.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.37

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	556	201.11	1,118	22
Medium and Large 3	573	182.45	1,045	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.66/cwt here — about $73 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale24 hd

199.55

—

GA average15 barns · 389 hd

213.92

−14.37

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	1,643	142.52	2,342	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	123.22	1,454	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,313	120.81	1,586	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	910	103.00	937	1thin

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,193	$1,238	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	248.75/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,154	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	241.00/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,012	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	207.29/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,109	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	179.94/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,211	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	235.24/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,101	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	241.75/cwt	240.00–245.00	936	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	224.17/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,177	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	242.48/cwt	240.00–245.00	856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	262.39/cwt	260.00–270.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	197.57/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,126	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	227.56/cwt	220.00–230.00	992	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	201.38/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,061	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	182.45/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,045	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	229.82/cwt	225.00–235.00	965	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	264.80/cwt	260.00–270.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	194.92/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,125	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	252.50/cwt	250.00–255.00	947	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	172.57/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,251	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	284	283.67/cwt	275.00–285.00	806	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,160	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	141.55/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,097	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	978	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	985	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	985	1
Bulls	—	—	1,643	142.52/cwt	141.00–144.00	2,342	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	123.22/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,454	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,309	123.26/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,613	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,318	117.55/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,549	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	937	1

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 Sep 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 212Last week 212Year ago 342

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 15Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 19Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	245.00–250.00	248.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	250.00–255.00	252.50
5	400–450	420	240.00–245.00	241.00
3	450–500	468	230.00–238.00	235.24
11	500–550	535	200.00–208.00	207.29
11	550–600	577	190.00–198.00	194.92
2	650–700	673	175.00–185.00	179.94
2	700–750	725	170.00–175.00	172.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	284	275.00–285.00	283.67
2	300–350	313	260.00–270.00	264.80
13	350–400	387	240.00–245.00	241.75
2	400–450	420	225.00–235.00	229.82
2	550–600	573	180.00–185.00	182.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	220.00–230.00	224.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	260.00–270.00	262.39
2	350–400	353	240.00–245.00	242.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	220.00–230.00	227.56
7	500–550	527	200.00–210.00	201.38
4	550–600	570	190.00–200.00	197.57

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	775	140.00–143.00	141.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	815	120.00	120.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,643	141.00–144.00	142.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,180	120.00–126.00	123.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,309	122.00–125.00	123.26
3	—	1,318	116.00–120.00	117.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	103.00	103.00

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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