Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-03-06

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Mar 6
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 183▼ 202 vs year ago 317 · −63.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 25▼ 35 vs year ago 67 · −52.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 12▼ 31 vs year ago 36 · −86.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves steady, Replacement Cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.23/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$245.23
10 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,344
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.75
vs GA average
−26.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527257.811,3595thin
Medium and Large 2569232.641,3245thin
One grade step is worth $25.17/cwt here — about $35 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
245.23
—
GA average15 barns · 379 hd
250.98
−5.75
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
−26.69
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—Average1,638122.352,0046thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,170127.461,4929thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,366127.421,7415thin
CowsLean 85-90%High93895.098926thin

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)1,325$1,8002thin

Every lot

27 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333312.48/cwt310.00–315.001,0412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369303.63/cwt300.00–305.001,1206
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390295.00/cwt290.00–300.001,1512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3463257.22/cwt255.00–260.001,1917
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488267.81/cwt265.00–270.001,3077
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3283254.78/cwt250.00–260.007212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318247.36/cwt245.00–250.007872
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3369245.05/cwt240.00–250.009044
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387256.89/cwt250.00–260.009947
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527257.81/cwt257.00–258.001,3595
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569232.64/cwt230.00–240.001,3245
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425269.17/cwt265.00–270.001,1446
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465260.11/cwt255.00–265.001,2102
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3476250.68/cwt250.00–255.001,1937
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,218104.38/cwt101.00–107.001,2712
Bulls——1,838136.79/cwt132.00–140.002,5142
Bulls——1,858125.87/cwt122.00–130.002,3392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82094.00/cwt94.00–94.007711
Cows—Lean 85-90%86382.92/cwt80.00–86.007162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028103.56/cwt100.00–106.001,0653
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128117.49/cwt117.00–118.001,3252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168133.24/cwt130.00–136.001,5565
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218122.98/cwt119.00–127.001,4982
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,333124.00/cwt122.00–126.001,6532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388129.70/cwt128.00–131.001,8003
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3251,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,040136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,4141

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.