Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-01-17

Moultrie

Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 17

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943

← Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

186 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 221▼ 29 vs year ago 215 · −13.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 49▼ 6 vs year ago 34 · −17.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Claves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves unevenly steady, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.03/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$215.03

39 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$22

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$24.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.76

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	421	224.41	946	24
Medium and Large 3	484	200.01	968	15thin

One grade step is worth $24.40/cwt here — about −$22 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

215.03

—

GA average15 barns · 2,096 hd

219.79

−4.76

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,492	117.21	1,748	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	107.62	1,585	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,101	97.39	1,072	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	787	82.82	652	5thin

Every lot

18 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,152	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	226.55/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,174	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	359	232.61/cwt	232.00–235.00	835	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	377	218.36/cwt	215.00–220.00	823	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	464	205.48/cwt	200.00–210.00	953	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	218.55/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,018	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	576	181.35/cwt	175.00–183.00	1,045	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	412	228.97/cwt	227.00–230.00	943	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	518	198.34/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,027	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,623	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	120.81/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,812	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	605	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	454	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	833	84.78/cwt	81.00–88.00	706	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,030	98.63/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,016	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,080	88.33/cwt	87.00–90.00	954	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	108.52/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,381	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,374	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	108.94/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,629	5

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Wed Jan 17, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 186Last week 221Year ago 215

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 49Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	195.00–200.00	198.34
3	—	412	227.00–230.00	228.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	215.00–220.00	218.36
5	—	576	175.00–183.00	181.35
7	—	464	200.00–210.00	205.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	359	232.00–235.00	232.61
14	—	466	210.00–220.00	218.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	225.00–228.00	226.55
11	—	470	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,500	118.00–123.00	120.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,030	96.00–101.00	98.63
2	—	1,273	107.00–110.00	108.52
3	—	1,080	87.00–90.00	88.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	101.00	101.00
5	—	1,495	107.00–112.00	108.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	75.00	75.00
4	—	833	81.00–88.00	84.78

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.