Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-05-10

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, May 10
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 404▲ 98 vs year ago 256 · +38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 63▲ 13 vs year ago 34 · +38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 59▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Claves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves unevenly 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 $200.16/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$200.16
82 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.14
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488204.3499741
Medium and Large 2458200.5691916thin
Medium and Large 3407193.0578525
One grade step is worth $11.29/cwt here — about $212 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 sale82 hd
200.16
—
GA average15 barns · 1,378 hd
197.02
+3.14
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—Low1,552109.751,7038thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36595.331,30212
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,03490.039319thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low79163.715044thin

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)1,053$88013

Every lot

39 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 3445222.46/cwt220.00–223.0099011
Steers—Medium and Large 3470213.46/cwt210.00–217.001,0032
Steers—Medium and Large 2475220.58/cwt217.00–226.001,04813
Steers—Medium and Large 2528214.87/cwt210.00–220.001,13522
Steers—Medium and Large 2628208.91/cwt205.00–210.001,31219
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3274209.41/cwt205.00–210.005748
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333216.60/cwt215.00–220.007213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373195.11/cwt190.00–200.007287
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380210.89/cwt205.00–215.008014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420211.44/cwt205.00–215.0088811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460198.47/cwt197.00–200.009132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478207.05/cwt205.00–210.0099012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480190.10/cwt185.00–195.009124
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518184.96/cwt182.00–190.009583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531199.03/cwt197.00–205.001,05715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538193.48/cwt190.00–197.001,0412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563194.01/cwt190.00–197.001,0923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563186.35/cwt180.00–190.001,0495
Heifers—Medium and Large 3630156.61/cwt155.00–160.009873
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325225.00/cwt220.00–230.007313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360235.00/cwt230.00–240.008462
Bulls—Medium and Large 3393213.35/cwt210.00–215.008383
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480191.60/cwt190.00–195.009203
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2332
Bulls——1,525119.91/cwt119.00–121.001,8292
Bulls——1,663114.05/cwt110.00–117.001,8974
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79163.71/cwt60.00–67.005044
Cows—Boner 80-85%94387.93/cwt87.00–89.008292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00080.54/cwt78.00–84.008053
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10698.19/cwt96.00–101.001,0864
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,0811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0671
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39097.10/cwt94.00–101.001,35010
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3959626.78/head500.00–775.006279
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2641,448.79/head1,400.00–1,475.001,4494
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-385073.00/cwt73.00–73.006211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-287583.00/cwt83.00–83.007261
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-394073.03/cwt70.00–77.006862
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,27592.21/cwt90.00–94.001,1762

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.