Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2025-01-15

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 15
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
34 vs last sale 143 77 vs year ago 186 · 41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
47 vs last sale 75 0 vs year ago 28 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
5 vs last sale 8 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 7.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, steer calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves sharply higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.73/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$253.73
4 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,276
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
13.58
vs GA average
50.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3503253.731,2764thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
253.73
GA average16 barns · 539 hd
267.31
−13.58
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−50.30
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
BullsHigh1,650164.342,7125thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,480141.762,0982thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220136.431,66513
CowsLean 85-90%High1,070122.001,3052thin

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)1,155$1,7251thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1450–500479296.29/cwt295.00–300.001,4194
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550503253.73/cwt250.00–255.001,2764
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373304.83/cwt300.00–310.001,1372
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350342311.63/cwt305.00–315.001,0663
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450410290.51/cwt287.00–293.001,1915
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300278324.08/cwt320.00–330.009017
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750722197.80/cwt195.00–200.001,4287
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400373297.58/cwt295.00–300.001,1102
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350338302.56/cwt300.00–305.001,0232
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1551,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2820180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4761
Bulls1,693168.91/cwt168.00–170.002,8602
Bulls1,622161.29/cwt160.00–164.002,6163
CowsBoner 80-85%1,233133.03/cwt129.00–135.001,6405
CowsBoner 80-85%1,212138.56/cwt137.00–141.001,6798
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,480141.76/cwt140.00–144.002,0982
CowsLean 85-90%1,070122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3052

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.