Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-08-24

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Aug 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 313▲ 17 vs year ago 233 · +7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 88▲ 21 vs year ago 32 · +65.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 25▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady, bull 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 $141.92/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$141.92
79 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.47
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467153.4071614thin
Medium and Large 2522144.5875527
Medium and Large 3476135.8064638
One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $71 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 sale79 hd
141.92
—
GA average15 barns · 1,820 hd
146.39
−4.47
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—Average1,502105.691,5873thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46885.411,2546thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09876.8784421
CowsLean 85-90%Average93668.3164017

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,065$6494thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2355200.73/cwt197.00–202.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 3488166.45/cwt165.00–170.0081214
Steers—Medium and Large 3535154.52/cwt152.00–155.008276
Steers—Medium and Large 2570168.88/cwt167.00–170.009638
Steers—Medium and Large 3619147.25/cwt140.00–149.009115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3404140.79/cwt135.00–142.0056919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467153.40/cwt151.00–155.0071614
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520135.17/cwt131.00–140.007037
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522144.58/cwt140.00–150.0075527
Heifers—Medium and Large 3563128.27/cwt125.00–135.0072212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365200.07/cwt195.00–205.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385214.50/cwt212.00–217.008262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1404184.80/cwt182.00–190.0074714
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410163.22/cwt160.00–170.006698
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428174.33/cwt170.00–177.007467
Bulls—Medium and Large 3536149.15/cwt140.00–150.0079911
Bulls—Medium and Large 3669132.30/cwt127.00–135.008856
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,06091.00/cwt91.00–91.009651
Bulls——1,723113.03/cwt112.00–114.001,9482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%87595.00/cwt95.00–95.008311
Cows—Lean 85-90%92166.10/cwt63.00–69.0060912
Cows—Lean 85-90%97373.60/cwt70.00–76.007165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05973.76/cwt71.00–78.0078115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25882.56/cwt81.00–86.001,0395
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40886.44/cwt82.00–89.001,2173
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,3521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55880.56/cwt80.00–81.001,2552
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,065649.30/head600.00–700.006494
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16085.00/cwt85.00–85.009861
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17581.00/cwt81.00–81.009521

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.