Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.01/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$239.01

12 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$9.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.20

vs GA average

−66.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	567	240.51	1,364	10thin
Medium and Large 3	585	231.50	1,354	2thin

One grade step is worth $9.01/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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

239.01

—

GA average16 barns · 414 hd

260.20

−21.20

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−66.23

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,219	123.69	1,508	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	122.49	1,893	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,008	108.99	1,099	7thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	466	272.48/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,270	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	258.74/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	240.51/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,364	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	229.05/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	277.49/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	253	314.96/cwt	310.00–320.00	797	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	129.58/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,622	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	114.26/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,131	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,209	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,646	123.34/cwt	120.00–126.00	2,030	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	123.14/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,436	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	295	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,180	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	117.38/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,718	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	115.14/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,442	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	99.43/cwt	98.00–101.00	977	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	129.73/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,928	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	288.81/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,074	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	262.62/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,237	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	314	271.29/cwt	270.00–275.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	299.32/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,263	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	231.50/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	238	377.58/cwt	375.00–380.00	899	2

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 Jan 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 169Year ago 221

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 30Year ago 49

No trends available.

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	466	270.00–275.00	272.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	623	225.00–233.00	229.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	375.00–380.00	377.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	619	255.00–260.00	258.74
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	422	295.00–300.00	299.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	567	240.00–245.00	240.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	310.00–320.00	314.96
4	350–400	372	285.00–290.00	288.81
4	400–450	428	275.00–280.00	277.49
13	450–500	471	260.00–270.00	262.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	270.00–275.00	271.29
2	550–600	585	230.00–233.00	231.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,252	127.00–133.00	129.58
16	—	1,166	120.00–126.00	123.14
10	—	1,252	112.00–118.00	115.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	990	113.00–115.00	114.26
1	—	1,130	107.00	107.00
2	—	983	98.00–101.00	99.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,646	120.00–126.00	123.34
7	—	1,464	115.00–119.00	117.38
4	—	1,486	127.00–132.00	129.73

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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