Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-04-20

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 272▼ 117 vs year ago 259 · −45.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 64▲ 27 vs year ago 25 · +108.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 14▼ 3 vs year ago 15 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, replacement cows steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.41/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$161.41
30 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.51
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536163.778789thin
Medium and Large 1585163.599578thin
Medium and Large 3452158.4471713thin
One grade step is worth $5.33/cwt here — about $161 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 sale30 hd
161.41
—
GA average14 barns · 1,644 hd
158.91
+2.51
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—Low1,681100.461,6896thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19278.8293920
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54077.121,18713
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03164.096615thin

Every lot

22 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 3441158.31/cwt157.00–160.006989
Steers—Medium and Large 3478158.73/cwt155.00–160.007594
Steers—Medium and Large 2536163.77/cwt163.00–165.008789
Steers—Medium and Large 1537170.72/cwt168.00–172.009173
Steers—Medium and Large 1614159.31/cwt153.00–161.009785
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3386143.85/cwt137.00–147.0055512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420157.21/cwt156.00–159.006605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487150.07/cwt147.00–151.007314
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635123.52/cwt122.00–125.007842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668117.99/cwt115.00–120.007883
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328158.50/cwt155.00–165.005203
Bulls—Medium and Large 3374151.58/cwt145.00–155.0056718
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51295.16/cwt91.00–98.001,4393
Bulls——1,850105.77/cwt104.00–108.001,9573
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03164.09/cwt62.00–67.006615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17982.97/cwt80.00–86.009789
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20275.42/cwt72.00–79.0090711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45583.34/cwt80.00–87.001,2133
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56575.26/cwt72.00–79.001,17810
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29701,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,9132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2875112.00/cwt112.00–112.009801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2978107.23/cwt99.00–115.001,0494

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.