Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-08-18

Moultrie

Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2021-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Aug 18

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943

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Feeder Cattle receipts

184 head

▼ 79 vs last sale 263▼ 47 vs year ago 231 · −20.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 27▲ 3 vs year ago 13 · +23.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, bull calves steady, 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 $119.66/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$119.66

48 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$0.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.19

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	576	119.79	690	12thin
Medium and Large 3	432	119.62	517	36

One grade step is worth $0.16/cwt here — about $173 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 sale48 hd

119.66

—

GA average17 barns · 2,337 hd

132.86

−13.19

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	—	Average	1,590	80.00	1,272	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	71.93	1,070	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,126	60.90	686	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	990	51.33	508	5thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	165.05/cwt	160.00–170.00	520	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	419	149.53/cwt	145.00–153.00	627	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	472	141.74/cwt	137.00–145.00	669	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	534	129.04/cwt	123.00–133.00	689	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	126.69/cwt	125.00–130.00	836	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	334	130.44/cwt	123.00–133.00	436	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	126.59/cwt	122.00–132.00	468	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	433	117.58/cwt	115.00–123.00	509	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	471	116.41/cwt	115.00–120.00	548	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	122.68/cwt	120.00–125.00	642	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	113.51/cwt	110.00–117.00	599	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	629	116.89/cwt	112.00–122.00	735	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	285	184.92/cwt	180.00–190.00	527	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	310	169.92/cwt	165.00–175.00	527	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	409	151.52/cwt	148.00–158.00	620	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	469	135.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	633	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	529	120.14/cwt	115.00–125.00	636	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	568	115.01/cwt	110.00–120.00	653	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	642	111.45/cwt	107.00–116.00	716	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	683	113.53/cwt	112.00–115.00	775	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,590	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,272	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	51.33/cwt	47.00–53.00	508	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,126	60.90/cwt	57.00–62.00	686	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	71.93/cwt	71.00–74.00	1,070	3

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 Aug 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 184Last week 263Year ago 231

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 27Year ago 13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,126	57.00–62.00	60.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,488	71.00–74.00	71.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	990	47.00–53.00	51.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	112.00–115.00	113.53
3	—	285	180.00–190.00	184.92
3	—	469	130.00–140.00	135.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	165.00–175.00	169.92
2	—	642	107.00–116.00	111.45
3	—	568	110.00–120.00	115.01
6	—	529	115.00–125.00	120.14
8	—	409	148.00–158.00	151.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	112.00–122.00	116.89
6	—	523	120.00–125.00	122.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	433	115.00–123.00	117.58
9	—	471	115.00–120.00	116.41
4	—	370	122.00–132.00	126.59
4	—	528	110.00–117.00	113.51
5	—	334	123.00–133.00	130.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	137.00–145.00	141.74
4	—	534	123.00–133.00	129.04
5	—	419	145.00–153.00	149.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	160.00–170.00	165.05
3	—	660	125.00–130.00	126.69

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.