Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-01-11

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 11
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
215 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 66▲ 100 vs year ago 115 · +87.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 44▼ 77 vs year ago 105 · −73.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 24▲ 3 vs year ago 20 · +15.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifers calves steady, bulls calves 2.00 higher, 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 $155.28/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$155.28
88 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.69
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490164.2980533
Medium and Large 2442157.6069632
Medium and Large 3430139.1359823
One grade step is worth $25.17/cwt here — about $206 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 sale88 hd
155.28
—
GA average15 barns · 1,876 hd
151.59
+3.69
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—Average1,48990.071,3415thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45077.201,1193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14574.618547thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low88359.375244thin

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)1,345$1,2934thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2413197.43/cwt195.00–200.008152
Steers—Medium and Large 1531193.94/cwt189.00–199.001,0306
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1208202.53/cwt200.00–205.004212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215187.56/cwt185.00–190.004032
Heifers—Medium and Large 3307149.26/cwt145.00–150.004587
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326162.68/cwt155.00–165.0053015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332172.37/cwt170.00–175.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463136.44/cwt130.00–140.0063214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520161.10/cwt157.00–167.0083829
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585149.69/cwt148.00–150.0087613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608141.02/cwt137.00–145.008572
Heifers—Medium and Large 3630122.46/cwt120.00–125.007712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285212.54/cwt210.00–215.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333224.36/cwt220.00–230.007478
Bulls—Medium and Large 3342191.68/cwt190.00–195.006563
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363197.84/cwt190.00–200.0071812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3393181.65/cwt180.00–185.007146
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409197.03/cwt195.00–200.008065
Bulls—Medium and Large 3421172.45/cwt170.00–177.007265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468178.46/cwt177.00–180.008352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1484188.40/cwt185.00–192.0091213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518168.34/cwt165.00–170.008723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560147.98/cwt146.00–150.008292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564164.28/cwt160.00–166.009277
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,09384.17/cwt82.00–86.009202
Bulls——1,75394.00/cwt93.00–95.001,6483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88359.37/cwt55.00–61.005244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11970.56/cwt68.00–75.007904
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18080.01/cwt76.00–83.009443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45077.20/cwt76.00–80.001,1193
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3451,293.36/head1,175.00–1,400.001,2934
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-275062.00/cwt62.00–62.004651
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-280088.75/cwt82.00–102.007103
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-381370.44/cwt70.00–71.005733
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,11877.66/cwt75.00–80.008683
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13692.88/cwt85.00–105.001,0557

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.