Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, heifers, steer calves and heifer calves steady. Bull calves steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $254.15/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$254.15

6 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.68

vs GA average

−36.04 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	680	254.15	1,728	6thin

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 sale6 hd

254.15

—

GA average15 barns · 307 hd

267.83

−13.68

National average170 barns · 12,710 hd

290.19

−36.04

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	1,740	178.04	3,098	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,155	141.18	1,631	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,095	126.05	1,380	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	291.61/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	317.43/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	254.15/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	307.63/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,461	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	288.78/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	303	327.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	992	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	306.59/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,570	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	143.77/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,701	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,035	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	126.05/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,380	2
Bulls	—	—	1,878	187.07/cwt	185.00–189.00	3,513	3
Bulls	—	—	1,280	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	265	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	502	296.68/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,489	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	397.45/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	315.68/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	336.14/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,304	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	387.14/cwt	385.00–388.00	1,502	7

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 Mar 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 154Last week 120Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 28Year ago 66

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, heifers, steer calves and heifer calves steady. Bull calves steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	325.00–330.00	327.48
3	450–500	467	285.00–295.00	291.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	315.00–320.00	317.43
4	450–500	475	300.00–310.00	307.63
6	650–700	680	250.00–255.00	254.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	335.00–340.00	336.14
7	450–500	477	315.00–320.00	315.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	503	285.00–295.00	288.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	385.00–388.00	387.14
12	500–550	512	303.00–310.00	306.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	390.00–400.00	397.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	502	295.00–300.00	296.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	136.00	136.00
2	—	1,183	141.00–146.00	143.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	123.00–129.00	126.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,878	185.00–189.00	187.07
1	—	1,280	159.00	159.00

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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