Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-05-15

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, May 15
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 141▼ 59 vs year ago 283 · −20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 20▲ 35 vs year ago 43 · +81.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 22 · −36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $276.58/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$276.58
26 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,582
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.26
vs GA average
−34.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578277.001,60122
Medium and Large 2540274.261,4814thin
One grade step is worth $2.74/cwt here — about $120 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 sale26 hd
276.58
—
GA average15 barns · 368 hd
295.84
−19.26
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
−34.19
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—Average1,719146.812,5247thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,449123.731,79343
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,189122.311,45420
CowsLean 85-90%High87997.678596thin

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)1,150$2,5002thin

Every lot

33 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428285.72/cwt280.00–287.001,22310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491285.58/cwt285.00–286.001,40212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540274.26/cwt272.00–275.001,4814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578277.00/cwt274.00–284.001,60122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605270.13/cwt266.00–272.001,63413
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710229.19/cwt228.00–231.001,6275
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3270284.81/cwt280.00–290.007692
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318288.66/cwt285.00–290.009184
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373286.72/cwt285.00–290.001,0693
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3410250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,02511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417256.34/cwt252.00–262.001,0699
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514238.56/cwt230.00–242.001,2264
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575230.95/cwt225.00–235.001,32814
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3722188.29/cwt185.00–190.001,3593
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320334.92/cwt330.00–340.001,0722
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374299.37/cwt295.00–300.001,1208
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475256.20/cwt250.00–260.001,2174
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525278.89/cwt275.00–283.001,4642
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,375132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,8151
Bulls——1,621151.34/cwt149.00–157.002,4534
Bulls——2,088145.15/cwt144.00–146.003,0312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%833105.18/cwt102.00–108.008763
Cows—Lean 85-90%850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
Cows—Lean 85-90%96385.24/cwt81.00–89.008212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128116.75/cwt111.00–120.001,3176
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214124.36/cwt121.00–128.001,51013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5801
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,422124.77/cwt121.00–128.001,77429
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,439129.24/cwt129.00–130.001,8604
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530118.52/cwt115.00–120.001,81310
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,239128.98/cwt128.00–130.001,5985
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,361124.79/cwt121.00–127.001,6984

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.