Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-10-14

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 14
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 330▼ 21 vs year ago 210 · −10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 37▼ 2 vs year ago 16 · −12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 22▼ 3 vs year ago 8 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves unevenly steady, Bull calves 5.00 lower, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.21/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$125.21
45 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.72
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400140.2056115thin
Medium and Large 3412118.3148822
Medium and Large 2535116.106218thin
One grade step is worth $24.10/cwt here — about −$59 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
125.21
—
GA average14 barns · 1,007 hd
116.49
+8.72
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—Low1,27071.009021thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01740.254094thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2382151.03/cwt147.00–153.005773
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373124.94/cwt122.00–128.004664
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413114.70/cwt110.00–117.004745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422123.36/cwt120.00–125.005213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3457113.32/cwt110.00–115.005183
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530104.06/cwt102.00–105.005523
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278136.53/cwt135.00–140.003803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315148.28/cwt145.00–150.004673
Bulls—Medium and Large 2317133.21/cwt130.00–135.004223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367142.84/cwt140.00–147.005245
Bulls—Medium and Large 3376120.23/cwt110.00–130.004528
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413115.88/cwt112.00–120.004794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423139.79/cwt137.00–145.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 3492114.70/cwt110.00–117.005643
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525105.95/cwt100.00–110.005564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555122.48/cwt120.00–125.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 2592112.99/cwt112.00–115.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 277595.10/cwt91.00–99.007372
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,27071.00/cwt71.00–71.009021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94335.50/cwt34.00–37.003352
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09045.00/cwt45.00–45.004912
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-282565.00/cwt65.00–65.005361

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.