Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2020-12-16

Moultrie

Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Dec 16

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

119 head

▼ 149 vs last sale 268▼ 39 vs year ago 158 · −24.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

68 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 56▲ 37 vs year ago 31 · +119.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.81/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$123.81

29 head · 434 lb average

Value per head Derived

$537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$23.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.86

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	420	134.99	567	9thin
Medium and Large 2	435	123.76	538	12thin
Medium and Large 3	447	111.32	497	8thin

One grade step is worth $23.67/cwt here — about $70 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 sale29 hd

123.81

—

GA average18 barns · 2,117 hd

113.95

+9.86

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,771	77.95	1,381	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,495	54.12	809	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,136	54.07	614	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	47.28	475	3thin

Every lot

21 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	136.30/cwt	133.00–140.00	705	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	133.41/cwt	130.00–138.00	750	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	141.51/cwt	140.00–143.00	528	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	388	121.53/cwt	120.00–123.00	472	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	418	112.60/cwt	110.00–115.00	471	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	419	125.23/cwt	120.00–130.00	525	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	133.77/cwt	132.00–135.00	569	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	131.51/cwt	130.00–133.00	600	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	466	106.61/cwt	103.00–110.00	497	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	119.34/cwt	115.00–123.00	576	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	104.55/cwt	102.00–107.00	538	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	283	143.96/cwt	140.00–148.00	407	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	406	151.52/cwt	150.00–153.00	615	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	453	152.51/cwt	150.00–155.00	691	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	467	118.06/cwt	115.00–125.00	551	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,695	75.82/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,285	9
Bulls	—	—	2,000	84.35/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,687	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	47.28/cwt	45.00–50.00	475	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,112	58.01/cwt	57.00–63.00	645	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,151	51.71/cwt	49.00–55.00	595	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	54.12/cwt	51.00–56.00	809	12

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Wed Dec 16, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 268Year ago 158

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 56Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	456	130.00–133.00	131.51
2	—	373	140.00–143.00	141.51
5	—	425	132.00–135.00	133.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	102.00–107.00	104.55
2	—	466	103.00–110.00	106.61
2	—	418	110.00–115.00	112.60
2	—	388	120.00–123.00	121.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	419	120.00–130.00	125.23
3	—	483	115.00–123.00	119.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	150.00–155.00	152.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	115.00–125.00	118.06
2	—	283	140.00–148.00	143.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	406	150.00–153.00	151.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	130.00–138.00	133.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	133.00–140.00	136.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,005	45.00–50.00	47.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,495	51.00–56.00	54.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,151	49.00–55.00	51.71
6	—	1,112	57.00–63.00	58.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,695	73.00–79.00	75.82
3	—	2,000	83.00–86.00	84.35

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.