Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2019-09-18

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 18
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
228 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 175▲ 228 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 33▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 2.00 lower, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.04/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$118.04
50 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$39
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.82
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2378131.1249516thin
Medium and Large 1518119.536198thin
Medium and Large 3487109.5353426
One grade step is worth $21.58/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale50 hd
118.04
—
GA average16 barns · 1,543 hd
112.22
+5.82
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—Average1,35077.001,0401thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11852.505872thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93043.894086thin

Every lot

24 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 1523127.58/cwt125.00–130.006674
Steers—Medium and Large 1568125.98/cwt122.00–128.007166
Steers—Medium and Large 2570115.00/cwt110.00–120.006566
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376114.39/cwt110.00–118.004307
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415111.68/cwt107.00–115.004635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417117.32/cwt115.00–120.004896
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472105.93/cwt100.00–110.0050015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490112.98/cwt111.00–115.005544
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543112.49/cwt110.00–115.006114
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330137.40/cwt135.00–140.004536
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370118.44/cwt117.00–120.004384
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388132.45/cwt130.00–135.005144
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415116.54/cwt115.00–118.004844
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418123.94/cwt120.00–127.005186
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468125.08/cwt122.00–128.005854
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483108.99/cwt105.00–112.005266
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530106.68/cwt105.00–108.005656
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568113.98/cwt110.00–118.006474
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575102.32/cwt100.00–105.005886
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,35077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0401
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%90555.00/cwt55.00–55.004981
Cows—Lean 85-90%92847.32/cwt45.00–50.004393
Cows—Lean 85-90%93240.46/cwt38.00–43.003773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33050.00/cwt50.00–50.006651

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.