Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2019-09-04

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 4
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 323 vs last sale 454▲ 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 15▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 6▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and heifer calves steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $108.23/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$108.23
22 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.05
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2528112.185936thin
Medium and Large 3537106.7557316thin
One grade step is worth $5.44/cwt here — about $20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
108.23
—
GA average14 barns · 1,113 hd
117.28
−9.05
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
Bulls—Low1,37572.399952thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63058.039463thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08551.4155812

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3443123.03/cwt118.00–128.005452
Steers—Medium and Large 2469127.24/cwt125.00–130.005974
Steers—Medium and Large 2535122.43/cwt120.00–125.006552
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360113.52/cwt112.00–115.004092
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423107.43/cwt105.00–110.004542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472113.98/cwt112.00–115.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 3513105.04/cwt102.00–108.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640103.01/cwt102.00–105.006593
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365129.96/cwt127.00–133.004742
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425128.48/cwt127.00–130.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478103.98/cwt100.00–108.004972
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510112.52/cwt110.00–115.005744
Bulls—Medium and Large 3532105.20/cwt100.00–107.005606
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565111.51/cwt110.00–113.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 371487.98/cwt83.00–91.006284
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,37572.39/cwt69.00–75.009952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07255.33/cwt54.00–60.005935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09448.61/cwt45.00–52.005327
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63058.03/cwt57.00–59.009463
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20652.85/cwt49.00–58.006375
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,39555.04/cwt51.00–59.007682

This sale against other markets

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.