Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2021-12-15

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Dec 15
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 230 vs last sale 361▲ 12 vs year ago 119 · +10.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 91▼ 28 vs year ago 68 · −41.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 23▲ 15 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 unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, bull calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.99/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$162.99
25 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$142
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$67.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.02
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2357172.5661610thin
Medium and Large 1512164.5384213thin
Medium and Large 3721105.147582thin
One grade step is worth $67.42/cwt here — about −$142 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 sale25 hd
162.99
—
GA average14 barns · 1,551 hd
152.97
+10.02
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—Average1,91387.651,6773thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42458.7983715
CowsLean 85-90%Low98346.364564thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2316173.41/cwt170.00–175.005486
Steers—Medium and Large 1407178.80/cwt177.00–180.007285
Steers—Medium and Large 2419171.28/cwt167.00–174.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 1530158.77/cwt155.00–160.008414
Steers—Medium and Large 1625152.46/cwt150.00–155.009534
Steers—Medium and Large 3721105.14/cwt100.00–110.007582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313131.54/cwt130.00–133.004122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370140.19/cwt132.00–142.0051910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526126.84/cwt120.00–129.006679
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630119.91/cwt117.00–123.007552
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2214174.77/cwt170.00–180.003743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330180.13/cwt178.00–183.005948
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476155.47/cwt150.00–160.007404
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,91387.65/cwt85.00–89.001,6773
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98346.36/cwt44.00–48.004564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35862.13/cwt59.00–65.008444
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36371.38/cwt70.00–73.009732
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46754.50/cwt52.00–58.008009
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02962.99/cwt52.00–70.006488

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.