Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-12-09

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Dec 9
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
268 head
▲ 146 vs last sale 122▲ 268 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 29▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 14▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 3.00 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 $117.54/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$117.54
70 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.85
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2453121.7755240
Medium and Large 1591113.036674thin
Medium and Large 3445111.7249726
One grade step is worth $10.05/cwt here — about $54 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 sale70 hd
117.54
—
GA average17 barns · 2,645 hd
119.39
−1.85
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—Low1,81577.581,4082thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42359.268437thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09254.6359622
CowsLean 85-90%Low93445.364247thin

Every lot

33 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 3328152.40/cwt150.00–155.005002
Steers—Medium and Large 3359146.02/cwt142.00–150.005246
Steers—Medium and Large 3442141.01/cwt140.00–143.006233
Steers—Medium and Large 3476123.27/cwt120.00–127.005874
Steers—Medium and Large 3525122.06/cwt120.00–124.006412
Steers—Medium and Large 2535136.02/cwt134.00–138.007282
Steers—Medium and Large 3633107.98/cwt103.00–113.006842
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283144.59/cwt138.00–148.004093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340136.06/cwt132.00–140.004632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378124.90/cwt120.00–130.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380114.44/cwt110.00–118.004354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419124.21/cwt120.00–128.0052011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430114.03/cwt110.00–118.0049011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465112.08/cwt110.00–117.005217
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517102.00/cwt100.00–105.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525116.14/cwt110.00–119.0061016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553117.51/cwt115.00–120.006502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563105.31/cwt103.00–108.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628108.54/cwt107.00–110.006822
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2304151.65/cwt150.00–155.004613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2384152.25/cwt150.00–155.005855
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422139.41/cwt135.00–143.005887
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477127.41/cwt123.00–133.006089
Bulls—Medium and Large 3506120.46/cwt115.00–125.0061010
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,81577.58/cwt77.00–78.001,4082
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93445.36/cwt42.00–49.004247
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06957.96/cwt55.00–62.0062011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11451.29/cwt49.00–54.0057111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36851.75/cwt48.00–55.007082
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44562.27/cwt60.00–65.009005
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,247728.41/cwt630.00–820.009,0836
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06354.41/cwt50.00–57.005783
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17267.02/cwt63.00–76.007853

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.