Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-02-02

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 2
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 87▲ 50 vs year ago 94 · +53.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 16▲ 39 vs year ago 20 · +195.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 24▲ 45 vs year ago 6 · +750.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer calves and 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 $139.69/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$139.69
28 head · 369 lb average
Value per head Derived
$516
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.19
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444154.706877thin
Medium and Large 2370142.595276thin
Medium and Large 3334131.5343915thin
One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about $247 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 sale28 hd
139.69
—
GA average15 barns · 2,061 hd
138.50
+1.19
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,37491.661,2607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10071.6578820
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43971.001,02219
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00060.126018thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3493152.66/cwt152.00–157.007537
Steers—Medium and Large 2519164.56/cwt159.00–169.008547
Steers—Medium and Large 3594140.66/cwt136.00–143.008363
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2222158.08/cwt155.00–165.003513
Heifers—Medium and Large 3284138.90/cwt135.00–145.003944
Heifers—Medium and Large 3311128.36/cwt125.00–135.003995
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371130.85/cwt125.00–135.004854
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418126.09/cwt121.00–131.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426155.50/cwt152.00–159.006624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468153.63/cwt151.00–157.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517127.09/cwt125.00–131.006573
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2222175.92/cwt175.00–178.003913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285166.57/cwt165.00–172.004754
Bulls—Medium and Large 3303159.53/cwt155.00–164.004832
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420136.91/cwt135.00–141.005753
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16085.71/cwt85.00–87.009943
Bulls——1,35293.16/cwt90.00–96.001,2603
Bulls——2,085105.00/cwt105.00–105.002,1891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00060.12/cwt56.00–63.006018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06267.46/cwt64.00–71.0071614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17179.49/cwt77.00–81.009314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22385.34/cwt83.00–88.001,0442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43971.00/cwt68.00–75.001,02219
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29781,327.47/cwt1,225.00–1,525.0012,98312
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39901,059.76/cwt965.00–1,200.0010,49212
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-273062.33/cwt56.00–70.004554
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-286361.69/cwt60.00–63.005323
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291471.11/cwt60.00–82.006505

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.