Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-10-19

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 19
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 99▲ 55 vs year ago 78 · +70.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 18▼ 4 vs year ago 34 · −11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 5▼ 16 vs year ago 22 · −72.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady, bull calves lightly tested, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.44/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$145.44
54 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.69
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524157.768277thin
Medium and Large 3513143.6073647
One grade step is worth $14.16/cwt here — about $90 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 sale54 hd
145.44
—
GA average14 barns · 1,699 hd
156.13
−10.69
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—Low2,22095.002,1091thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12565.427366thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38562.008591thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low90457.345188thin

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)1,180$9756

Every lot

17 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3461147.09/cwt145.00–150.0067828
Steers—Medium and Large 1524157.76/cwt156.00–160.008277
Steers—Medium and Large 3589138.46/cwt134.00–139.0081619
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365144.46/cwt140.00–146.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433132.33/cwt130.00–135.0057315
Heifers—Medium and Large 3456124.63/cwt120.00–127.005688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535142.31/cwt140.00–145.007616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2614125.70/cwt125.00–130.007727
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3406143.71/cwt140.00–145.005834
Bulls—Medium and Large 2636122.03/cwt120.00–125.007765
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,22095.00/cwt95.00–95.002,1091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85455.84/cwt53.00–59.004776
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02571.00/cwt71.00–71.007281
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05361.82/cwt60.00–64.006512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14564.30/cwt62.00–67.007365
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38562.00/cwt62.00–62.008591
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,180974.72/head800.00–1,100.009756

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.