Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, steer calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves sharply lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $227.43/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$227.43

2 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.90

vs GA average

−51.90 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	668	227.43	1,519	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

227.43

—

GA average16 barns · 159 hd

233.33

−5.90

National average150 barns · 13,256 hd

279.33

−51.90

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	1,285	158.42	2,036	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,136	137.74	1,565	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,424	136.07	1,937	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	115.84	1,103	7thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,285	158.42/cwt	157.50–159.00	2,036	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	142.10/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,062	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	121.37/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,220	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	134.02/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,421	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	139.33/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,629	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	326.59/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,202	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	258.94/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,908	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	406.87/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,127	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	353.10/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	227.43/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	492	323.97/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	302.12/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,257	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	333.91/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,135	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	369.91/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	402.50/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	362.54/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	312.42/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	299.00/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,429	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	384.89/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,301	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	345.10/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	303.24/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,122	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	293.64/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,242	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	304.68/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,600	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	328.73/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,591	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	314.20/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,791	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	110.54/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,020	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	130.47/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,850	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	135.96/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,928	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	333.95/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,352	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	564	271.62/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,532	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	276.25/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,243	4

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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 240Year ago 167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 62Year ago 26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	157.50–159.00	158.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,451	140.00–144.00	142.10
4	—	1,418	130.00–131.00	130.47
15	—	1,418	133.00–139.00	135.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	118.00–124.00	121.37
1	—	965	126.00	126.00
4	—	923	109.00–115.00	110.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	133.00–135.00	134.02
7	—	1,169	137.00–141.00	139.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	360.00–365.00	362.54
5	300–350	340	330.00–340.00	333.91
6	350–400	368	320.00–328.00	326.59
5	400–450	416	300.00–305.00	302.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	300.00–310.00	303.24
4	400–450	423	290.00–300.00	293.64
4	450–500	450	275.00–280.00	276.25
2	650–700	668	225.00–230.00	227.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	365.00–375.00	369.91
10	450–500	478	290.00–300.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	310.00–315.00	312.42
9	700–750	737	250.00–260.00	258.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	400.00–405.00	402.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	400.00–410.00	406.87
2	300–350	338	380.00–390.00	384.89
3	350–400	382	350.00–360.00	353.10
9	450–500	484	328.00–335.00	328.73
5	500–550	525	300.00–308.00	304.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	340.00–350.00	345.10
5	400–450	405	330.00–335.00	333.95
2	450–500	492	320.00–328.00	323.97
5	550–600	564	270.00–278.00	271.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	570	310.00–315.00	314.20

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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