Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-01-19

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 19
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 115▼ 134 vs year ago 279 · −48.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 105▲ 31 vs year ago 15 · +206.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 20▼ 1 vs year ago 12 · −8.3%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, bull calves unevenly 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 $154.10/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$154.10
46 head · 395 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.77
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1407154.5162842
Medium and Large 2277149.804154thin
One grade step is worth $4.71/cwt here — about $214 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 sale46 hd
154.10
—
GA average14 barns · 1,492 hd
142.33
+11.77
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—High1,56197.411,5219thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12074.5883515
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52872.561,1086thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00960.6461211

Every lot

23 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277149.80/cwt145.00–155.004154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321154.65/cwt150.00–158.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385155.76/cwt150.00–158.0060025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475152.06/cwt146.00–155.0072213
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2268170.05/cwt165.00–175.004562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2332163.98/cwt160.00–170.005446
Bulls—Medium and Large 1382189.72/cwt183.00–193.007253
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421175.36/cwt167.00–177.007386
Bulls—Medium and Large 3493159.60/cwt158.00–160.007875
Bulls—Medium and Large 176095.03/cwt90.00–100.007222
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42387.68/cwt86.00–89.001,2482
Bulls——1,60092.61/cwt91.00–95.001,4822
Bulls——1,601103.23/cwt100.00–107.001,6535
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96353.93/cwt51.00–58.005194
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03664.48/cwt61.00–67.006687
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09073.02/cwt70.00–76.007969
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13682.60/cwt81.00–83.009384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22065.56/cwt62.00–69.008002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42379.95/cwt79.00–81.001,1382
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58068.86/cwt65.00–72.001,0884
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02597.61/cwt92.00–103.001,0012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,20271.77/cwt68.00–76.008633
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,21877.23/cwt75.00–79.009412

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.