Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-02-16

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 16
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 81▲ 185 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 16▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 6▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves steady, replacement cows steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.55/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$145.55
50 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.17
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481152.447338thin
Medium and Large 2407149.1360829
Medium and Large 3409133.3254513thin
One grade step is worth $19.12/cwt here — about $188 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 sale50 hd
145.55
—
GA average18 barns · 2,542 hd
144.38
+1.17
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—Average1,49998.331,4743thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12381.6991717
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58376.341,20829
CowsLean 85-90%Average90955.885087thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3328177.63/cwt175.00–180.005832
Steers—Medium and Large 3428167.49/cwt165.00–170.007172
Steers—Medium and Large 2431178.75/cwt178.00–180.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 3525153.08/cwt147.00–155.008044
Steers—Medium and Large 3634127.37/cwt125.00–135.008084
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3283145.13/cwt140.00–150.004112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319135.02/cwt130.00–140.004314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330150.17/cwt147.00–157.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370134.86/cwt130.00–140.004993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382154.44/cwt147.00–157.0059011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418147.90/cwt145.00–153.006188
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473142.30/cwt137.00–145.006733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481152.44/cwt150.00–154.007338
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510138.40/cwt135.00–145.007063
Heifers—Medium and Large 3591124.56/cwt120.00–126.007364
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2212198.93/cwt190.00–200.004229
Bulls—Medium and Large 2282188.86/cwt188.00–190.0053313
Bulls—Medium and Large 3316176.07/cwt170.00–180.005564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340211.20/cwt205.00–215.007184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370194.93/cwt190.00–200.007212
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422161.07/cwt157.00–163.006806
Bulls—Medium and Large 3623112.53/cwt110.00–115.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 3688108.99/cwt107.00–110.007503
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48895.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4142
Bulls——1,520105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5961
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90955.88/cwt52.00–59.005087
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09170.57/cwt68.00–75.007705
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13081.05/cwt78.00–84.009162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13787.38/cwt85.00–92.0099410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41467.68/cwt64.00–70.009575
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42482.72/cwt80.00–87.001,1789
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73475.40/cwt73.00–78.001,30715
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0151,072.35/cwt1,000.00–1,125.0010,8844
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-295094.64/cwt80.00–115.008994
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,041106.16/cwt90.00–118.001,1054
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,08378.72/cwt75.00–85.008536

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.