Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-05-20

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, May 20
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 170▼ 83 vs year ago 325 · −25.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 30▼ 31 vs year ago 55 · −56.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 0▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, steer calves, heifer calves, and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 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 $122.87/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$122.87
75 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.83
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506128.506506thin
Medium and Large 3445123.3354833
Medium and Large 2517121.5162836
One grade step is worth $6.99/cwt here — about $22 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 sale75 hd
122.87
—
GA average17 barns · 1,818 hd
119.04
+3.83
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—Average1,88893.851,7722thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18165.0776822

Every lot

36 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2421139.86/cwt137.00–143.005896
Steers—Medium and Large 1427149.15/cwt145.00–155.0063714
Steers—Medium and Large 1477145.49/cwt142.00–148.0069413
Steers—Medium and Large 1514140.12/cwt132.00–148.007205
Steers—Medium and Large 2527133.14/cwt130.00–137.0070213
Steers—Medium and Large 1566134.16/cwt134.00–135.0075912
Steers—Medium and Large 2678115.41/cwt112.00–118.007823
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328134.60/cwt128.00–138.004413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340143.55/cwt140.00–147.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 3366130.08/cwt125.00–135.004767
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423127.36/cwt125.00–130.005396
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474125.31/cwt122.00–129.005948
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478123.25/cwt117.00–126.005899
Heifers—Medium and Large 3505112.52/cwt110.00–115.005684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506128.50/cwt125.00–132.006506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520120.72/cwt118.00–124.006288
Heifers—Medium and Large 3566107.99/cwt102.00–110.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569114.78/cwt110.00–120.0065310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2602114.00/cwt110.00–117.006866
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3223162.61/cwt157.00–165.003633
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373144.22/cwt140.00–148.005386
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405133.54/cwt130.00–137.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420130.65/cwt127.00–135.005493
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470124.80/cwt120.00–130.0058710
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521115.01/cwt110.00–120.005994
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523126.73/cwt122.00–129.006633
Bulls—Medium and Large 3618106.00/cwt105.00–107.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625114.02/cwt112.00–115.007133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1658110.95/cwt107.00–115.007302
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,88893.85/cwt90.00–97.001,7722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05552.52/cwt50.00–55.005542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18364.76/cwt62.00–67.0076614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21869.97/cwt68.00–73.008526
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2401,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,6402
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12867.02/cwt66.00–68.007562
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17370.70/cwt68.00–75.008292

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.