Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2024-09-04

Moultrie

Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Sep 4

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943

← Aug 28Sep 4Sep 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

111 head

▼ 89 vs last sale 200▼ 147 vs year ago 258 · −57.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 38▼ 7 vs year ago 31 · −22.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 5▼ 26 vs year ago 31 · −83.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls sharply lower, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $217.80/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$217.80

11 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$25.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.13

vs GA average

−33.16 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	227.63	1,017	6thin
Medium and Large 2	468	208.34	975	3thin
Medium and Large 3	460	202.53	932	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.10/cwt here — about $86 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 sale11 hd

217.80

—

GA average14 barns · 471 hd

235.93

−18.13

National average144 barns · 6,028 hd

250.96

−33.16

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,585	140.14	2,221	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,060	108.57	1,151	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,682	102.22	1,720	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	805	97.00	781	1thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	384	200.71/cwt	200.00–205.00	771	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	228.52/cwt	225.00–235.00	964	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	202.53/cwt	200.00–205.00	932	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	208.34/cwt	205.00–210.00	975	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	226.73/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,070	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	222.58/cwt	220.00–225.00	712	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	222.82/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,049	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	608	167.49/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,018	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	156.65/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,147	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	147.30/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,149	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,555	136.71/cwt	135.00–139.00	2,126	2
Bulls	—	—	1,645	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,418	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	805	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	781	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,058	118.07/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,249	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,060	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,028	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,061	106.15/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,126	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	105.15/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,688	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,798	97.83/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,759	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,248	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,277	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Moultrie Livestock - Moultrie, GA

Wed Sep 4, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 111Last week 200Year ago 258

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 38Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	732	150.00–160.00	156.65
3	750–800	780	142.00–150.00	147.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	220.00–225.00	222.58
2	600–650	608	165.00–170.00	167.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	220.00–225.00	222.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	225.00–235.00	228.52
3	450–500	472	225.00–230.00	226.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	384	200.00–205.00	200.71
2	450–500	460	200.00–205.00	202.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	205.00–210.00	208.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	130.00	130.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	124.00	124.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	147.00	147.00
2	—	1,555	135.00–139.00	136.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,058	116.00–121.00	118.07
1	—	1,060	97.00	97.00
7	—	1,061	104.00–109.00	106.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,798	95.00–100.00	97.83
3	—	1,605	103.00–109.00	105.15

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.