Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-11-18

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Nov 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
247 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 133▼ 54 vs year ago 301 · −17.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 20▼ 13 vs year ago 31 · −41.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 4▼ 2 vs year ago 42 · −4.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 1.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and Bull calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.13/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$149.13
72 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.80
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402158.6363729
Medium and Large 3377142.8853810thin
Medium and Large 2432142.6761633
One grade step is worth $15.96/cwt here — about $21 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 sale72 hd
149.13
—
GA average17 barns · 1,924 hd
124.32
+24.80
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—Average1,32576.001,0072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,46554.097927thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89845.334076thin

Every lot

34 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 · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369134.93/cwt132.00–140.004985
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375124.79/cwt120.00–127.004683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417132.32/cwt130.00–138.005525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424133.38/cwt130.00–135.005667
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430118.41/cwt115.00–125.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472124.64/cwt122.00–127.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 3484111.76/cwt110.00–115.005415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523120.40/cwt115.00–123.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523104.51/cwt100.00–108.005474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625105.00/cwt102.00–108.006563
Heifers—Medium and Large 267595.02/cwt92.00–98.006412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3279165.48/cwt165.00–167.004624
Bulls—Medium and Large 2302163.98/cwt160.00–167.004956
Bulls—Medium and Large 1343173.01/cwt170.00–175.005937
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363165.74/cwt160.00–170.0060210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2384153.48/cwt150.00–158.005897
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422154.94/cwt152.00–158.006546
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423130.23/cwt127.00–137.005513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435145.70/cwt140.00–150.006346
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460125.39/cwt120.00–128.005773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462143.36/cwt140.00–145.006623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469134.10/cwt130.00–138.006296
Bulls—Medium and Large 2512124.66/cwt120.00–128.006386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567124.01/cwt122.00–128.007033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628111.54/cwt110.00–113.007002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,01572.00/cwt72.00–72.007311
Bulls——1,63580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89845.33/cwt43.00–47.004076
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46554.09/cwt52.00–56.007927
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291369.95/cwt64.00–77.006392
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12568.00/cwt68.00–68.007651
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,18054.00/cwt54.00–54.006371
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,19357.72/cwt55.00–60.006893
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,344794.77/cwt700.00–900.0010,6828

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.