Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-04-22

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 22
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 103▼ 159 vs year ago 336 · −47.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 20▲ 12 vs year ago 22 · +54.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 17▲ 27 vs year ago 2 · +1,350.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.84/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$108.84
56 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$199
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$29.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.89
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2365128.084673thin
Medium and Large 3507108.6755148
Medium and Large 167398.986665thin
One grade step is worth $29.10/cwt here — about −$199 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 sale56 hd
108.84
—
GA average15 barns · 1,088 hd
116.74
−7.89
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—Low1,52491.321,3928thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31867.2488621
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04848.455086thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3368136.55/cwt130.00–139.005037
Steers—Medium and Large 1483136.20/cwt130.00–138.006589
Steers—Medium and Large 2536130.46/cwt130.00–135.0069919
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365128.08/cwt122.00–131.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368122.27/cwt120.00–124.004504
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427114.64/cwt114.00–116.004906
Heifers—Medium and Large 3481109.90/cwt105.00–113.0052910
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515106.63/cwt103.00–110.0054912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3564104.80/cwt100.00–108.0059111
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625101.56/cwt100.00–104.006355
Heifers—Medium and Large 167398.98/cwt95.00–100.006665
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372143.21/cwt140.00–148.005336
Bulls—Medium and Large 3372133.46/cwt130.00–137.004965
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475119.72/cwt116.00–123.005694
Bulls—Medium and Large 3526112.63/cwt110.00–119.005925
Bulls—Medium and Large 3556105.64/cwt105.00–108.005878
Bulls—Medium and Large 362295.15/cwt94.00–100.005926
Bulls—Medium and Large 369194.41/cwt92.00–95.006525
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52087.19/cwt84.00–89.001,3253
Bulls——1,52693.80/cwt91.00–95.001,4315
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03546.74/cwt43.00–49.004845
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11057.00/cwt57.00–57.006331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13353.48/cwt52.00–55.006062
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26965.29/cwt63.00–68.008297
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37870.67/cwt69.00–73.0097412
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,025685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,0214
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-286063.00/cwt63.00–63.005421

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.