Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-01-25

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 215▲ 93 vs year ago 87 · +106.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 34▲ 22 vs year ago 16 · +137.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 26▲ 3 vs year ago 24 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves and heifer calves steady, bull calves mostly steady, 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 $156.23/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$156.23
74 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.09
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1452164.8974633
Medium and Large 3332151.9350421
Medium and Large 2527146.4477120
One grade step is worth $18.46/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale74 hd
156.23
—
GA average15 barns · 1,325 hd
155.14
+1.09
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—Average1,71397.611,6725thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40684.231,1844thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16281.8695114
CowsLean 85-90%High93766.306218thin

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)1,134$95710

Every lot

28 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 3379205.17/cwt200.00–210.007783
Steers—Medium and Large 2396211.73/cwt210.00–212.008387
Steers—Medium and Large 3412194.35/cwt192.00–195.008015
Steers—Medium and Large 2465195.02/cwt190.00–196.009078
Steers—Medium and Large 1558183.33/cwt183.00–185.001,0236
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3332151.93/cwt150.00–160.0050421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357163.68/cwt162.00–165.005847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358171.61/cwt170.00–172.006145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423166.06/cwt165.00–167.0070222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618137.15/cwt130.00–140.0084813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638155.02/cwt150.00–156.009896
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3333201.88/cwt197.00–203.0067211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374217.73/cwt210.00–220.008147
Bulls—Medium and Large 3388193.47/cwt192.00–195.007512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430184.94/cwt183.00–186.0079515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2592167.47/cwt165.00–170.009914
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68897.35/cwt96.00–99.001,6433
Bulls——1,73590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5621
Bulls——1,765106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,8711
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90867.57/cwt63.00–70.006145
Cows—Lean 85-90%97077.00/cwt77.00–77.007471
Cows—Lean 85-90%99357.79/cwt54.00–61.005742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06683.62/cwt81.00–87.008915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18894.35/cwt93.00–96.001,1213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22974.15/cwt72.00–78.009116
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,2711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43879.97/cwt79.00–81.001,1503
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,134957.10/head850.00–1,025.0095710

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.