Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-02-05

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
217 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 239▲ 217 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 28▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 23▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and heifer calves unevenly steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.46/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$126.46
58 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$537
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.14
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2398133.6553112thin
Medium and Large 1555125.036944thin
Medium and Large 3420124.5552342
One grade step is worth $9.10/cwt here — about $8 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 sale58 hd
126.46
—
GA average16 barns · 1,472 hd
123.33
+3.14
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—Low1,62577.001,2511thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,40956.107904thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97047.334597thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3313160.97/cwt157.00–165.005044
Steers—Medium and Large 3420145.10/cwt142.00–148.006096
Steers—Medium and Large 2468150.98/cwt147.00–155.007074
Steers—Medium and Large 1532152.28/cwt150.00–155.008106
Steers—Medium and Large 1575145.90/cwt142.00–150.008394
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3280135.38/cwt132.00–139.003796
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330132.42/cwt130.00–135.004374
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368135.01/cwt132.00–138.004976
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373129.95/cwt127.00–133.004856
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419123.19/cwt117.00–130.0051610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427132.28/cwt130.00–135.005656
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476121.01/cwt117.00–125.005768
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523114.90/cwt112.00–118.006014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555125.03/cwt122.00–128.006944
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580112.46/cwt110.00–115.006524
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330162.61/cwt160.00–165.005374
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365155.68/cwt152.00–160.005686
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420151.42/cwt147.00–157.006368
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478141.90/cwt138.00–147.006788
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523141.88/cwt137.00–147.007424
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623126.45/cwt125.00–128.007884
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,62577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,2511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84342.16/cwt40.00–45.003554
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14054.22/cwt52.00–57.006183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40956.10/cwt53.00–58.007904
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,09561.00/cwt61.00–61.006681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,23578.00/cwt78.00–78.009631

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.