Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-09-15

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 15
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 152 vs last sale 91▼ 68 vs year ago 311 · −21.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 43▲ 12 vs year ago 15 · +80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 21▲ 20 vs year ago 10 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and feeder bulls steady, heifer calves and bull calves steady, 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 $122.00/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$122.00
64 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.78
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489130.7863910thin
Medium and Large 2568123.5370222
Medium and Large 3479118.2056632
One grade step is worth $12.58/cwt here — about $73 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 sale64 hd
122.00
—
GA average15 barns · 2,529 hd
129.78
−7.78
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—Average1,42290.001,2798thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53569.101,0612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14366.427592thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05250.5953211

Every lot

30 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2485157.21/cwt152.00–159.007624
Steers—Medium and Large 3538136.84/cwt130.00–139.007364
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3240129.90/cwt125.00–135.003122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370139.39/cwt137.00–140.005165
Heifers—Medium and Large 3393126.48/cwt123.00–130.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424126.10/cwt120.00–128.005359
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427133.31/cwt130.00–138.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478117.67/cwt115.00–123.005627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535126.74/cwt123.00–128.0067811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3539113.37/cwt110.00–120.006115
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575113.04/cwt108.00–118.006502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607122.17/cwt117.00–124.007425
Heifers—Medium and Large 3609103.63/cwt100.00–108.006315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2667115.46/cwt110.00–117.007708
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315147.21/cwt145.00–148.004644
Bulls—Medium and Large 3409138.59/cwt135.00–143.005675
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476123.11/cwt120.00–130.005867
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518113.38/cwt110.00–115.005879
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576116.54/cwt115.00–120.006714
Bulls—Medium and Large 3620116.99/cwt116.00–118.007254
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668114.99/cwt112.00–118.007682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41985.67/cwt82.00–89.001,2164
Bulls——1,42494.32/cwt93.00–98.001,3434
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03846.66/cwt44.00–50.004846
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06955.30/cwt52.00–59.005915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14366.42/cwt65.00–68.007592
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53569.10/cwt68.00–70.001,0612
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3661,100.22/cwt1,050.00–1,175.0015,02914
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-290085.67/cwt75.00–95.007712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17863.74/cwt60.00–68.007512

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.