Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-09-14

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 14
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
232 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 115▼ 11 vs year ago 243 · −4.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
159 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 50▲ 132 vs year ago 27 · +488.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 9▼ 15 vs year ago 30 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves and heifer calves lightly tested, bull calves steady, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.23/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$144.23
67 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.39
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2465148.3569033
Medium and Large 3448140.2362834
One grade step is worth $8.12/cwt here — about $62 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 sale67 hd
144.23
—
GA average15 barns · 2,234 hd
149.62
−5.39
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—Average1,38198.191,3565thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47682.501,21826
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15881.3394239
CowsLean 85-90%Low93369.7165130

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)1,048$8916

Every lot

26 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 3365182.44/cwt180.00–185.0066614
Steers—Medium and Large 3478162.48/cwt160.00–167.0077735
Steers—Medium and Large 3528152.49/cwt150.00–155.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 2633155.54/cwt150.00–159.009855
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413152.21/cwt151.00–154.0062918
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423142.37/cwt140.00–148.0060229
Heifers—Medium and Large 2508145.59/cwt142.00–149.0074010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545133.53/cwt130.00–137.007282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567140.00/cwt137.00–141.007945
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620124.06/cwt120.00–130.007693
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377171.73/cwt170.00–172.006477
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490150.50/cwt150.00–155.0073710
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565140.87/cwt139.00–147.0079616
Bulls—Medium and Large 2662134.02/cwt130.00–140.008873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1667145.54/cwt140.00–150.009713
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23694.74/cwt93.00–96.001,1714
Bulls——1,960112.00/cwt112.00–112.002,1951
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92968.44/cwt65.00–72.0063625
Cows—Lean 85-90%95476.07/cwt75.00–81.007265
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14579.45/cwt76.00–83.0091028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19086.13/cwt84.00–91.001,02511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40486.35/cwt85.00–92.001,2129
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51480.46/cwt78.00–84.001,21817
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,048891.41/head750.00–1,050.008916
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04096.00/cwt96.00–96.009981
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,18090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0622

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.