Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-10-16

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 16
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
17 vs last sale 158 94 vs year ago 269 · 34.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
6 vs last sale 12 4 vs year ago 22 · 18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
13 vs last sale 20 3 vs year ago 10 · 30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower, steers calves 8.00 higher, heifer calves and bulls calves sharply higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb bulls averaged $247.45/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$247.45
14 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.40
vs GA average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2434248.011,07710thin
Medium and Large 3434246.061,0684thin
One grade step is worth $1.95/cwt here — about $9 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 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale14 hd
247.45
GA average14 barns · 438 hd
251.85
−4.40
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
BullsAverage1,478129.501,9132thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,378112.161,5457thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,050111.341,1693thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15894.021,0892thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1350–400370291.58/cwt290.00–295.001,0793
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450417250.73/cwt250.00–255.001,0467
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450434246.06/cwt240.00–248.001,0684
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400379281.10/cwt280.00–283.001,06514
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475241.65/cwt240.00–245.001,1483
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400357252.75/cwt252.00–255.009024
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600555200.33/cwt195.00–203.001,1123
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500451282.39/cwt280.00–283.001,2745
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350318302.02/cwt300.00–305.009607
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500458267.49/cwt265.00–270.001,2252
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423246.54/cwt245.00–248.001,0438
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450435232.56/cwt230.00–235.001,0122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2945125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,065108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1501
Bulls1,905136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,5911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,305108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,4091
CowsLean 85-90%1,15894.02/cwt91.00–98.001,0892
CowsBoner 80-85%1,153113.51/cwt113.00–114.001,3092
Bulls1,050123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2921
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,390112.85/cwt112.00–115.001,5696
CowsBoner 80-85%845107.00/cwt107.00–107.009041

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.