Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2023-11-15

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Nov 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 315▼ 8 vs year ago 191 · −4.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 42▲ 12 vs year ago 25 · +48.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves mostly steady, heifer calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.49/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$209.49
43 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$878
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$420
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.80
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555221.001,2272thin
Medium and Large 2461210.1396914thin
Medium and Large 3387208.3180627
One grade step is worth $12.69/cwt here — about $420 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 sale43 hd
209.49
—
GA average17 barns · 2,541 hd
200.69
+8.80
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—Average1,620114.241,8512thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14892.371,0606thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02269.037053thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3359253.68/cwt247.00–255.009116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308222.01/cwt220.00–223.006843
Heifers—Medium and Large 3337212.62/cwt210.00–217.007176
Heifers—Medium and Large 3364211.57/cwt211.00–217.0077011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383220.97/cwt220.00–222.008462
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420203.67/cwt203.00–205.008556
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470216.32/cwt215.00–217.001,0173
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476199.83/cwt195.00–205.009514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555221.00/cwt220.00–222.001,2272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559197.48/cwt195.00–198.001,1046
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3272252.43/cwt252.00–255.006877
Bulls—Medium and Large 3319253.64/cwt252.00–255.008099
Bulls—Medium and Large 3416227.86/cwt225.00–235.009488
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473203.48/cwt203.00–204.009624
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477218.29/cwt215.00–225.001,0413
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520203.27/cwt200.00–210.001,0573
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,620114.24/cwt112.00–116.001,8512
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00081.00/cwt81.00–81.008101
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03363.04/cwt61.00–65.006512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0561
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15791.64/cwt90.00–93.001,0605

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.