Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-05-13

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, May 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 115▼ 151 vs year ago 321 · −47.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 19▲ 6 vs year ago 24 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $121.00/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$121.00
45 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.66
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515142.9373610thin
Medium and Large 2651114.7474733
Medium and Large 3575114.596592thin
One grade step is worth $28.34/cwt here — about $77 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 sale45 hd
121.00
—
GA average14 barns · 698 hd
130.67
−9.66
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—Average1,74590.001,5711thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76065.431,1525thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40765.3291920

Every lot

32 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1515142.93/cwt140.00–145.0073610
Steers—Medium and Large 3575114.59/cwt112.00–117.006592
Steers—Medium and Large 2585124.19/cwt122.00–128.0072711
Steers—Medium and Large 2607115.98/cwt110.00–119.007043
Steers—Medium and Large 2689110.20/cwt109.00–112.0075914
Steers—Medium and Large 2715105.95/cwt101.00–110.007585
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370126.58/cwt125.00–130.004683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421126.07/cwt120.00–130.005314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422129.54/cwt125.00–132.005473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457122.69/cwt120.00–128.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473113.85/cwt110.00–118.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485124.00/cwt120.00–125.006017
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523110.94/cwt107.00–115.005802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528112.73/cwt100.00–118.005954
Heifers—Medium and Large 3568102.49/cwt100.00–105.005822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603106.69/cwt100.00–110.006433
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1263160.16/cwt155.00–163.004213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2277152.11/cwt150.00–157.004213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315148.56/cwt145.00–152.004684
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418127.21/cwt122.00–132.005322
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468123.96/cwt122.00–127.005804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493132.32/cwt130.00–135.006523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510123.92/cwt120.00–128.006322
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528114.86/cwt110.00–120.0060611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570114.37/cwt110.00–118.006525
Bulls—Medium and Large 3610102.54/cwt100.00–105.006252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627107.95/cwt102.00–112.006773
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,74590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07058.00/cwt58.00–58.006212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40169.84/cwt68.00–71.009787
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47263.77/cwt60.00–67.0093911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76065.43/cwt61.00–67.001,1525

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.