Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-09-08

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 8
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 133▼ 54 vs year ago 145 · −37.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 36▲ 30 vs year ago 13 · +230.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 9▲ 15 vs year ago 6 · +250.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves steady, 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 $122.41/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$122.41
21 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.66
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552133.677386thin
Medium and Large 2452127.565764thin
Medium and Large 3455114.4152011thin
One grade step is worth $19.26/cwt here — about $218 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 sale21 hd
122.41
—
GA average15 barns · 1,758 hd
130.07
−7.66
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—Average1,19191.051,0854thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33869.019233thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,05063.3466516
CowsLean 85-90%Average93950.924786thin

Every lot

26 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360115.05/cwt110.00–120.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430132.53/cwt130.00–135.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 3466113.83/cwt110.00–118.005304
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473122.59/cwt120.00–125.005802
Heifers—Medium and Large 3514114.50/cwt110.00–118.005894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539134.99/cwt130.00–140.007284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578131.02/cwt127.00–135.007572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3269156.46/cwt150.00–160.004214
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378154.44/cwt150.00–158.005843
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425152.76/cwt148.00–158.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460141.98/cwt140.00–143.006533
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517130.48/cwt127.00–137.006753
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518123.46/cwt122.00–125.006402
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579122.25/cwt120.00–125.007084
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,18093.07/cwt91.00–95.001,0983
Bulls——1,22585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93453.37/cwt51.00–57.004984
Cows—Lean 85-90%95046.02/cwt44.00–48.004372
Cows—Boner 80-85%97157.75/cwt55.00–60.005617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09364.73/cwt61.00–67.007076
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14873.62/cwt71.00–75.008453
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33869.01/cwt68.00–70.009233
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,042593.20/cwt525.00–675.006,1816
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,108959.54/cwt925.00–1,000.0010,6324
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09763.36/cwt63.00–64.006953
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25772.74/cwt70.00–76.009143

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.