Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.86/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$273.86

13 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.00

vs GA average

−25.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	281.70	1,451	6thin
Medium and Large 2	549	268.64	1,475	4thin
Medium and Large 3	528	265.13	1,400	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.57/cwt here — about $51 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 sale13 hd

273.86

—

GA average16 barns · 580 hd

267.86

+6.00

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−25.00

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,652	161.46	2,667	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,106	135.06	1,493	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,330	130.13	1,731	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	986	120.46	1,187	8thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,513	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,436	2
Bulls	—	—	1,553	156.39/cwt	155.00–158.00	2,429	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	126.69/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,737	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	128.08/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,287	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	121.62/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,293	3
Bulls	—	—	1,890	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	3,156	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,063	140.70/cwt	134.00–150.00	1,496	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,137	143.86/cwt	135.00–155.00	1,636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	223	425.06/cwt	420.00–430.00	948	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	341.67/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	351.61/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	332.44/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,290	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	262.42/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	283.31/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	351.63/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,203	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	348.01/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,291	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	317.66/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	281.70/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,451	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	292.27/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,377	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,926	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	172.47/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	363.35/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,475	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	413.01/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,379	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	265.13/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	327.65/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,222	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	312.44/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,297	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	274.86/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,443	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	427.17/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,440	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	414.84/cwt	410.00–420.00	987	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	114.22/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,022	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	137.75/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,613	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,014	131.30/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,331	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,269	135.30/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	275.03/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	336.42/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,083	3

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 240Last week 149Year ago 460

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 63Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 20Year ago 18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	161.00	161.00
2	—	1,553	155.00–158.00	156.39
2	—	1,890	167.00	167.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,371	124.00–130.00	126.69
4	—	1,269	131.00–138.00	135.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	127.00–129.00	128.08
3	—	1,063	118.00–124.00	121.62
3	—	895	112.00–116.00	114.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,171	135.00–142.00	137.75
5	—	1,014	129.00–134.00	131.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,063	134.00–150.00	140.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,137	135.00–155.00	143.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	180.00	180.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,068	170.00–175.00	172.47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	420.00–430.00	425.06
3	400–450	415	340.00–345.00	341.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	405.00–415.00	413.01
3	400–450	408	345.00–355.00	351.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	425.00–430.00	427.17
6	400–450	406	360.00–365.00	363.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	345.00–355.00	351.63
4	350–400	388	330.00–335.00	332.44
4	400–450	414	315.00–325.00	317.66
3	450–500	483	280.00–285.00	283.31
2	500–550	525	270.00–280.00	274.86
2	550–600	573	260.00–265.00	262.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	410.00–420.00	414.84
8	350–400	371	345.00–355.00	348.01
13	450–500	471	290.00–300.00	292.27
6	500–550	515	280.00–285.00	281.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	330.00–340.00	336.42
2	350–400	373	325.00–330.00	327.65
2	400–450	415	310.00–315.00	312.44
2	450–500	488	270.00–280.00	275.03
3	500–550	528	260.00–270.00	265.13

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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