Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-05-08

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, May 8
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 221▼ 213 vs year ago 354 · −60.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 14▼ 27 vs year ago 47 · −57.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves mostly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves steady to 2.00 higher, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.75/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$231.75
9 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,182
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−13.44
vs GA average
−35.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3510231.751,1829thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
231.75
—
GA average16 barns · 338 hd
245.19
−13.44
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
−35.84
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—High1,635140.532,29710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,512119.481,8073thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,142116.001,3255thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low70597.006841thin

Every lot

20 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323280.88/cwt280.00–285.009076
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335263.38/cwt260.00–265.008823
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358282.55/cwt280.00–285.001,0122
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383270.09/cwt265.00–275.001,0343
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3411249.02/cwt245.00–253.001,0238
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463243.35/cwt240.00–245.001,1273
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471251.64/cwt247.00–257.001,18510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481258.99/cwt258.00–260.001,2462
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510231.75/cwt230.00–240.001,1829
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472283.97/cwt280.00–285.001,3405
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473275.13/cwt270.00–280.001,3012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3537267.84/cwt260.00–270.001,4387
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573253.56/cwt252.00–255.001,4532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,376134.42/cwt130.00–136.001,8504
Bulls——1,675151.32/cwt147.00–155.002,5352
Bulls——1,873141.24/cwt138.00–145.002,6454
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70597.00/cwt97.00–97.006841
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170120.00/cwt119.00–121.001,4043
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,512119.48/cwt118.00–121.001,8073

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.