Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-12-18

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Dec 18
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
10 vs last sale 179 39 vs year ago 130 · +30.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
18 vs last sale 48 13 vs year ago 17 · +76.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
41 vs last sale 53 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, steer calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 10.00 higher, bull calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $266.61/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$266.61
6 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,144
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
12.39
vs GA average
41.14 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3429266.611,1446thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
266.61
GA average16 barns · 710 hd
279.00
−12.39
National average181 barns · 13,781 hd
307.75
−41.14
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
BullsLow1,786145.642,6019thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,390119.441,6605thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,020112.501,1482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,160111.741,2975thin

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)1,340$1,3502thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,295119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,430119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,7021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,213113.99/cwt113.00–115.001,3832
CowsLean 85-90%1,075110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1831
CowsBoner 80-85%973105.85/cwt103.00–109.001,0302
Bulls1,608137.52/cwt137.00–138.002,2112
Bulls1,838155.33/cwt152.00–158.002,8552
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,100108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1881
CowsLean 85-90%965115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,518123.40/cwt120.00–126.001,8733
Bulls1,836145.02/cwt140.00–148.002,6635
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3980108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0581
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3965106.14/cwt103.00–110.001,0242
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,3401,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3502
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350330308.05/cwt305.00–315.001,0175
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250231344.97/cwt340.00–350.007974
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300278344.97/cwt340.00–350.009593
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300285322.53/cwt320.00–325.009196
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600575259.97/cwt257.00–263.001,4952
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300276386.33/cwt385.00–390.001,0664
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450429266.61/cwt265.00–275.001,1446
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365360.00/cwt355.00–365.001,3142
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250240414.89/cwt410.00–420.009962
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400378335.53/cwt330.00–340.001,2689
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350323349.36/cwt345.00–353.001,1283
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300280365.27/cwt360.00–370.001,0232

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.