Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-04-27

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Apr 27
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 142▼ 119 vs year ago 301 · −39.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 52▼ 53 vs year ago 80 · −66.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 12▼ 64 vs year ago 71 · −90.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.41/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$147.41
57 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.29
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447157.9770621
Medium and Large 2433148.7764419thin
Medium and Large 3392132.8352117thin
One grade step is worth $25.14/cwt here — about $185 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 sale57 hd
147.41
—
GA average16 barns · 1,501 hd
142.11
+5.29
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—Average1,867101.901,9023thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34486.071,1564thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18176.078987thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90569.906332thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2529161.13/cwt159.00–167.008527
Steers—Medium and Large 1557160.52/cwt160.00–167.0089414
Steers—Medium and Large 1655146.84/cwt145.00–150.0096213
Steers—Medium and Large 1772129.99/cwt124.00–133.001,0043
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3277137.19/cwt135.00–142.003803
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312136.58/cwt132.00–142.004265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335148.82/cwt147.00–157.004995
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383149.47/cwt147.00–157.005725
Heifers—Medium and Large 3414135.47/cwt130.00–140.005614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424158.02/cwt155.00–159.0067010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468157.93/cwt155.00–160.0073911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475132.42/cwt130.00–135.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515148.35/cwt140.00–150.007649
Heifers—Medium and Large 3557118.99/cwt117.00–120.006633
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373159.68/cwt157.00–160.005969
Bulls—Medium and Large 3429157.48/cwt157.00–159.006768
Bulls—Medium and Large 3492143.52/cwt142.00–145.007062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2514153.89/cwt150.00–156.0079112
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,867101.90/cwt100.00–105.001,9023
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90569.90/cwt69.00–71.006332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18176.07/cwt73.00–79.008987
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25883.09/cwt82.00–85.001,0453
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5201
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3101,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0016,0482
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-289956.96/cwt52.00–65.005124

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.