Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-11-20

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Nov 20
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
112 head
64 vs last sale 176 71 vs year ago 183 · 38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
8 vs last sale 7 22 vs year ago 37 · 59.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
9 vs last sale 17 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 9.00 higher, steer calves, bull calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.14/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$241.14
6 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.54
vs GA average
25.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500245.501,2284thin
Medium and Large 2523232.421,2162thin
One grade step is worth $13.08/cwt here — about $12 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale6 hd
241.14
GA average15 barns · 520 hd
235.60
+5.54
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−25.91
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
BullsAverage1,501137.492,0645thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,253109.001,3662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,298105.931,3755thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19095.001,1312thin

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)1,485$2,0752thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350338282.23/cwt277.00–283.009547
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476285.24/cwt280.00–288.001,3586
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4852,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0752
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523232.42/cwt230.00–235.001,2162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,07794.64/cwt89.00–98.001,0193
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450423239.01/cwt237.00–240.001,0113
Bulls1,468141.49/cwt138.00–144.002,0772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,370116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5891
Bulls1,700153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,6011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,1161
CowsLean 85-90%1,15592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0631
Bulls1,435125.73/cwt125.00–127.001,8042
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345313.03/cwt310.00–315.001,0805
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500245.50/cwt238.00–248.001,2284
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500497248.79/cwt247.00–250.001,2365
CowsBoner 80-85%1,307106.88/cwt105.00–109.001,3973
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,253109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,3662
CowsLean 85-90%1,22598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,2011

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.