Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-08-28

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Aug 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 220▼ 67 vs year ago 267 · −25.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 96▼ 17 vs year ago 55 · −30.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 44▼ 31 vs year ago 36 · −86.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves had limited comparable sales from previous week, bull calves 6.00 lower, heifer calves 8.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $202.42/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$202.42
2 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−22.45
vs GA average
−39.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3523202.421,0592thin
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 sale2 hd
202.42
—
GA average15 barns · 545 hd
224.87
−22.45
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−39.46
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—Average1,545151.422,3403thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,238129.021,5987thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,401124.301,7414thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,088116.171,2645thin

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,028$1,5013thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1143
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525224.76/cwt220.00–227.001,1803
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3271248.80/cwt245.00–250.006744
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324244.78/cwt240.00–250.007935
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3336235.01/cwt230.00–240.007905
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360220.00/cwt215.00–225.007922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363232.52/cwt230.00–235.008444
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3405212.50/cwt210.00–215.008612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410229.94/cwt225.00–235.009433
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467216.68/cwt215.00–220.001,0123
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523202.42/cwt200.00–205.001,0592
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623178.34/cwt175.00–180.001,1113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1263329.86/cwt325.00–335.008682
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285287.46/cwt285.00–290.008192
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475216.38/cwt212.00–220.001,02813
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3506199.50/cwt197.00–200.001,0096
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568192.51/cwt190.00–195.001,0932
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3668175.09/cwt170.00–180.001,1702
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720175.79/cwt175.00–176.001,2665
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,333148.63/cwt146.00–151.001,9812
Bulls——1,970157.00/cwt157.00–157.003,0931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%985106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0441
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090116.95/cwt116.00–118.001,2753
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,185124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4691
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214128.02/cwt126.00–130.001,5546
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,385135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8701
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,401124.30/cwt119.00–126.001,7414
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39351,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0751,489.42/head1,475.00–1,500.001,4892

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.