Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows sharply higher, slaughter bulls 5.00 higher, steer calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 10.00 lower, bull calves firm, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb bulls averaged $335.40/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$335.40

14 head · 437 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,464

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$15.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.96

vs GA average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	455	341.99	1,556	8thin
Medium and Large 3	412	326.62	1,346	6thin

One grade step is worth $15.37/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

335.40

—

GA average14 barns · 266 hd

319.45

+15.96

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	—	High	2,115	169.03	3,576	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,452	149.44	2,170	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,203	136.13	1,637	11

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,508	156.07/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,354	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,310	142.62/cwt	139.00–146.00	1,868	6
Bulls	—	—	2,104	171.55/cwt	169.00–175.00	3,609	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	132.89/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,591	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,493	149.38/cwt	147.00–152.00	2,230	6
Bulls	—	—	2,138	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	3,506	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	142.97/cwt	139.00–146.00	1,820	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	121.52/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,082	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	286.63/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	292.40/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,237	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	341.99/cwt	337.00–345.00	1,556	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	381.42/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	312.67/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,010	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	326.62/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,346	6

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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 88Last week 288Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 58Year ago 31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	155.00–157.00	156.07
6	—	1,493	147.00–152.00	149.38
2	—	1,273	139.00–146.00	142.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,310	139.00–146.00	142.62
3	—	1,197	130.00–135.00	132.89
2	—	890	120.00–123.00	121.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,104	169.00–175.00	171.55
2	—	2,138	164.00	164.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	290.00–295.00	292.40
3	450–500	470	285.00–290.00	286.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	310.00–315.00	312.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	375.00–385.00	381.42
8	450–500	455	337.00–345.00	341.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	325.00–330.00	326.62

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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