Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2025-03-05

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 5
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
78 vs last sale 168 25 vs year ago 115 · 21.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
17 vs last sale 11 4 vs year ago 32 · 12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
8 vs last sale 12 1 vs year ago 5 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows firm, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 7.00 lower, steer calves, feeder steers, heifer calves, feeder heifers, bull calves, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $302.48/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$302.48
6 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+22.18
vs GA average
2.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530302.481,6036thin
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 sale6 hd
302.48
GA average16 barns · 443 hd
280.30
+22.18
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−2.54
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
BullsLow1,294158.992,0573thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,398148.762,0805thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,055142.941,50812
CowsLean 85-90%Low876128.711,1285thin

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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7101
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350329393.86/cwt390.00–395.001,2964
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500484332.49/cwt332.00–335.001,6096
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,030143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,4731
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450421294.17/cwt290.00–300.001,2387
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525343.21/cwt340.00–350.001,8023
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,320160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,1121
CowsLean 85-90%828126.31/cwt125.00–128.001,0463
Bulls1,245150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8681
CowsBoner 80-85%1,003136.10/cwt134.00–139.001,3655
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,443140.94/cwt136.00–144.002,0342
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530302.48/cwt302.00–305.001,6036
Bulls1,318163.48/cwt163.00–164.002,1552
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,393150.97/cwt150.00–152.002,1032
CowsLean 85-90%948132.32/cwt130.00–135.001,2542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,066143.93/cwt140.00–147.001,5345
CowsBoner 80-85%1,158157.54/cwt157.00–158.001,8242

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.