Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-10-30

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 30
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
164 head
51 vs last sale 215 27 vs year ago 137 · +19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
29 vs last sale 8 14 vs year ago 23 · +60.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
3 vs last sale 6 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $220.11/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$220.11
13 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.19
vs GA average
40.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526223.761,17711thin
Medium and Large 3543200.021,0862thin
One grade step is worth $23.74/cwt here — about $91 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 sale13 hd
220.11
GA average14 barns · 526 hd
214.92
+5.19
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−40.35
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
BullsAverage1,417130.771,8533thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,313118.001,5492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,225112.001,3723thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89084.107483thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1500–550519249.73/cwt240.00–253.001,2965
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600580212.44/cwt210.00–215.001,2322
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350328291.70/cwt285.00–295.009573
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400362266.68/cwt265.00–270.009653
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526223.76/cwt220.00–230.001,17711
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450438246.65/cwt245.00–250.001,0803
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450412227.03/cwt225.00–228.009353
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300250277.60/cwt277.00–280.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500462233.94/cwt230.00–235.001,0815
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550543200.02/cwt195.00–205.001,0862
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500470237.45/cwt230.00–240.001,1164
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650637194.93/cwt190.00–200.001,2424
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400373283.13/cwt280.00–290.001,0563
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450439258.80/cwt255.00–260.001,1364
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400388264.98/cwt260.00–270.001,0283
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423240.21/cwt235.00–245.001,0162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,210120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,163107.03/cwt101.00–112.001,2452
Bulls1,650137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,2611
Bulls1,300127.65/cwt126.00–129.001,6592
CowsLean 85-90%89084.10/cwt81.00–86.007483
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,125114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,040108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,318114.00/cwt112.00–116.001,5032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,8301

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.