Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-08-12

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Aug 12
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
275 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 203▲ 135 vs year ago 140 · +96.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 23▼ 20 vs year ago 29 · −69.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 11▼ 16 vs year ago 32 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.18/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$129.18
59 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$767
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$185
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$10.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.71
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3494133.8366113thin
Medium and Large 2566131.6374524
Medium and Large 1683123.7584522
One grade step is worth $10.08/cwt here — about −$185 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 sale59 hd
129.18
—
GA average16 barns · 960 hd
132.89
−3.71
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—Low1,45079.571,1544thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09052.505722thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low95551.004871thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3387155.82/cwt150.00–157.006036
Steers—Medium and Large 2455143.02/cwt138.00–145.006517
Steers—Medium and Large 2572127.85/cwt125.00–130.007316
Steers—Medium and Large 3573115.99/cwt110.00–120.006655
Steers—Medium and Large 3615112.48/cwt110.00–115.006922
Steers—Medium and Large 2634126.45/cwt123.00–128.0080211
Steers—Medium and Large 1683123.75/cwt122.00–130.0084522
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3387124.35/cwt117.00–127.004816
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417120.10/cwt115.00–125.005016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425127.44/cwt125.00–130.005424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469122.71/cwt120.00–127.0057615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470112.43/cwt108.00–118.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523116.28/cwt112.00–118.006088
Heifers—Medium and Large 3568112.47/cwt110.00–115.006392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627117.04/cwt110.00–118.007349
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365154.21/cwt152.00–158.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375164.13/cwt160.00–167.006153
Bulls—Medium and Large 3469128.18/cwt125.00–130.006014
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535121.80/cwt115.00–127.006525
Bulls—Medium and Large 3569114.21/cwt110.00–120.006504
Bulls—Medium and Large 3615107.72/cwt105.00–110.006624
Bulls—Medium and Large 3673102.58/cwt100.00–105.006902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,45079.57/cwt75.00–81.001,1544
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%95551.00/cwt51.00–51.004871
Cows—Lean 85-90%99060.00/cwt60.00–60.005941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19045.00/cwt45.00–45.005361
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2830122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2960112.45/cwt107.00–120.001,0802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,14095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0831
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,19589.75/cwt82.00–97.001,0732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,235105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2971
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2981,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,3054

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.