Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2022-10-26

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 26
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
134 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 133▼ 108 vs year ago 242 · −44.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 30▼ 2 vs year ago 33 · −6.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 6▼ 4 vs year ago 28 · −14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves and heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, 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 $132.55/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$132.55
39 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$97
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.66
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2372146.065437thin
Medium and Large 3494129.6064032
One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about −$97 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 sale39 hd
132.55
—
GA average15 barns · 1,398 hd
134.21
−1.66
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—Low1,80085.001,5302thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38268.329443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14367.6877410
CowsLean 85-90%Average86155.224769thin

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)1,184$1,10010

Every lot

21 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 2415162.47/cwt160.00–165.006742
Steers—Medium and Large 1569164.33/cwt160.00–170.009355
Steers—Medium and Large 3575144.97/cwt142.00–146.008344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372146.06/cwt140.00–149.005437
Heifers—Medium and Large 3471134.56/cwt130.00–138.0063419
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527122.35/cwt120.00–127.0064513
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3390148.32/cwt146.00–152.005786
Bulls—Medium and Large 2443160.99/cwt160.00–162.007132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1456159.95/cwt155.00–165.007292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2562134.43/cwt130.00–138.007554
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,80085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5302
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83952.84/cwt51.00–57.004437
Cows—Lean 85-90%94063.56/cwt62.00–65.005972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13365.46/cwt64.00–68.007426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15971.02/cwt70.00–73.008234
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34869.48/cwt68.00–71.009372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45066.00/cwt66.00–66.009571
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1841,099.70/head975.00–1,200.001,10010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-289085.00/cwt85.00–85.007571
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-290378.89/cwt71.00–87.007122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296068.21/cwt61.00–79.006555

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.