Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-04-13

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 13
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
272 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 282▲ 118 vs year ago 154 · +76.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 31▲ 35 vs year ago 29 · +120.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 30▼ 8 vs year ago 22 · −36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $138.34/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$138.34
86 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.90
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2464144.4467044
Medium and Large 1631132.0783327
Medium and Large 3411131.7054215thin
One grade step is worth $12.75/cwt here — about $128 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 sale86 hd
138.34
—
GA average15 barns · 1,822 hd
142.23
−3.90
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—Average1,685109.681,8488thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43179.871,14316
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19279.8295217
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04664.836789thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2658144.26/cwt138.00–145.0094910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3283152.28/cwt150.00–155.004313
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320142.42/cwt140.00–145.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372132.94/cwt127.00–137.004953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2389151.87/cwt149.00–154.0059116
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417123.32/cwt120.00–130.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459142.85/cwt142.00–144.0065612
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535117.55/cwt115.00–120.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543138.21/cwt132.00–142.0075016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574143.25/cwt140.00–150.0082212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3623114.94/cwt110.00–120.007162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676123.13/cwt123.00–125.0083215
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373162.68/cwt160.00–163.006079
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408161.66/cwt160.00–162.006606
Bulls—Medium and Large 3464123.63/cwt120.00–130.005746
Bulls—Medium and Large 3519123.54/cwt120.00–130.006417
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570123.59/cwt120.00–127.007042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2592131.82/cwt130.00–132.0078011
Bulls—Medium and Large 3690107.48/cwt105.00–110.007422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2706114.54/cwt110.00–115.0080911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,445101.20/cwt98.00–105.001,4622
Bulls——1,765112.51/cwt110.00–115.001,9866
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96371.74/cwt70.00–74.006913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08861.38/cwt60.00–65.006686
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15175.99/cwt72.00–79.008759
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23984.13/cwt81.00–88.001,0428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42775.87/cwt71.00–78.001,0836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43482.27/cwt80.00–84.001,18010
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3998817.36/cwt750.00–875.008,1574
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1951,063.74/cwt950.00–1,200.0012,7126

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.