Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-07-17

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jul 17
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 176▼ 71 vs year ago 259 · −27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 56▲ 34 vs year ago 21 · +161.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 4.00 to 5.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves mostly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $233.25/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$233.25
17 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,064
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.21
vs GA average
−39.70 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2465238.371,1083thin
Medium and Large 3455232.151,05514thin
One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about $53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
233.25
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GA average16 barns · 646 hd
261.46
−28.21
National average157 barns · 6,422 hd
272.95
−39.70
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—Low1,653144.002,3802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,164132.991,54812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,457131.581,91717
CowsLean 85-90%Low896101.2490716

Every lot

23 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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3474289.98/cwt285.00–295.001,3756
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275298.37/cwt295.00–300.008213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3376266.15/cwt260.00–270.001,00112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3429235.66/cwt230.00–240.001,0117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465238.37/cwt235.00–240.001,1083
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480228.64/cwt225.00–235.001,0977
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325292.62/cwt290.00–295.009512
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3357281.68/cwt280.00–285.001,0063
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423279.19/cwt275.00–285.001,1816
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3468272.43/cwt270.00–275.001,2752
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470298.30/cwt295.00–300.001,4023
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3635222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,4134
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3711196.24/cwt195.00–200.001,3954
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,365136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8561
Bulls——1,940152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,9491
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86895.71/cwt92.00–99.008315
Cows—Lean 85-90%902114.60/cwt111.00–119.001,0347
Cows—Lean 85-90%91984.78/cwt81.00–88.007794
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,112128.29/cwt125.00–131.001,4275
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201136.34/cwt132.00–139.001,6377
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360140.50/cwt140.00–141.001,9112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,422134.52/cwt132.00–137.001,9136
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,502127.64/cwt125.00–131.001,9179

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.