Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-04-28

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 259▲ 135 vs year ago 166 · +81.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 25▲ 56 vs year ago 24 · +233.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 15▲ 71 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 and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.77/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$123.77
63 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$93
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.52
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2442125.5055540
Medium and Large 3334121.8040615thin
Medium and Large 1545118.856488thin
One grade step is worth $6.64/cwt here — about −$93 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 sale63 hd
123.77
—
GA average15 barns · 1,238 hd
120.25
+3.52
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—High1,90683.031,5826thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53866.701,02644
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12759.1466719
CowsLean 85-90%Average98251.265046thin

Every lot

29 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 2462138.61/cwt138.00–139.006408
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323122.51/cwt120.00–128.0039610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355120.39/cwt115.00–125.004275
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361128.95/cwt127.00–130.004663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421126.00/cwt125.00–128.0053019
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478124.39/cwt120.00–125.0059518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522121.50/cwt120.00–122.006344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568116.21/cwt115.00–120.006604
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3326145.22/cwt140.00–150.004738
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373139.56/cwt135.00–145.0052114
Bulls—Medium and Large 3411135.87/cwt133.00–140.005589
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463135.76/cwt135.00–138.006294
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468128.24/cwt122.00–132.006007
Bulls—Medium and Large 3516127.33/cwt125.00–130.006578
Bulls—Medium and Large 3572117.99/cwt117.00–120.006756
Bulls—Medium and Large 3619107.19/cwt105.00–114.006645
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59076.15/cwt75.00–77.001,2112
Bulls——2,06383.62/cwt81.00–88.001,7253
Bulls——2,06595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,9621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96653.76/cwt51.00–57.005194
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01546.26/cwt45.00–48.004702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06856.44/cwt53.00–59.0060311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20862.86/cwt60.00–65.007598
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49771.10/cwt70.00–75.001,06415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55965.46/cwt62.00–69.001,02126
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56855.48/cwt52.00–59.008703
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07363.30/cwt54.00–72.0067914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11864.31/cwt58.00–70.007197
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,19870.08/cwt61.00–81.0084018

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.