Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-07-19

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jul 19
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 340▼ 25 vs year ago 284 · −8.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 42▼ 9 vs year ago 30 · −30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 25▼ 15 vs year ago 30 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 5.00 Higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.27/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$206.27
39 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.13
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2484211.011,02225
Medium and Large 3489197.8296714thin
One grade step is worth $13.19/cwt here — about $55 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
206.27
—
GA average16 barns · 1,863 hd
219.40
−13.13
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—High1,897123.922,3515thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,209109.021,3184thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90988.388047thin

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)1,318$1,7028

Every lot

24 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3403201.65/cwt200.00–205.008133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431215.72/cwt210.00–220.009308
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483205.77/cwt200.00–210.009946
Heifers—Medium and Large 2486214.59/cwt210.00–216.001,04314
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508193.31/cwt190.00–200.009823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3605174.96/cwt170.00–180.001,0592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618181.71/cwt180.00–185.001,1233
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413234.88/cwt230.00–237.009708
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433224.32/cwt220.00–227.009714
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463215.08/cwt210.00–220.009962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476221.91/cwt220.00–225.001,0565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485232.47/cwt230.00–235.001,1274
Bulls—Medium and Large 3537203.32/cwt200.00–205.001,0923
Bulls—Medium and Large 2553203.34/cwt200.00–205.001,1243
Bulls—Medium and Large 3577193.29/cwt190.00–200.001,1153
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618194.36/cwt193.00–200.001,2015
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,822120.93/cwt118.00–122.002,2033
Bulls——2,010128.41/cwt126.00–131.002,5812
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79576.00/cwt76.00–76.006041
Cows—Lean 85-90%88093.51/cwt92.00–95.008234
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02584.30/cwt83.00–86.008642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148106.03/cwt104.00–108.001,2172
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4222
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3181,702.09/head1,300.00–2,050.001,7028

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.