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Moultrie

Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 16

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

175 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 158▼ 94 vs year ago 269 · −34.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 12▼ 4 vs year ago 22 · −18.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 20▼ 3 vs year ago 10 · −30.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower, steers calves 8.00 higher, heifer calves and bulls calves sharply higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb bulls averaged $247.45/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$247.45

14 head · 434 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$1.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.40

vs GA average

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	434	248.01	1,077	10thin
Medium and Large 3	434	246.06	1,068	4thin

One grade step is worth $1.95/cwt here — about $9 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale14 hd

247.45

—

GA average14 barns · 438 hd

251.85

−4.40

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	1,478	129.50	1,913	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,378	112.16	1,545	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,050	111.34	1,169	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,158	94.02	1,089	2thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	282.39/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,274	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	267.49/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,225	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	252.75/cwt	252.00–255.00	902	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	246.54/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,043	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	232.56/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,012	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	200.33/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,112	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	302.02/cwt	300.00–305.00	960	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	291.58/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,079	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	281.10/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,065	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	250.73/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,046	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	434	246.06/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,068	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	241.65/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,148	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,050	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,292	1
Bulls	—	—	1,905	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,591	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	845	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	904	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	113.51/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,309	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	94.02/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,089	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,305	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,409	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	112.85/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,569	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,181	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,065	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,150	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 Oct 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 158Year ago 269

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 12Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 20Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	290.00–295.00	291.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	318	300.00–305.00	302.02
14	350–400	379	280.00–283.00	281.10
7	400–450	417	250.00–255.00	250.73
3	450–500	475	240.00–245.00	241.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	240.00–248.00	246.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	357	252.00–255.00	252.75
8	400–450	423	245.00–248.00	246.54
3	550–600	555	195.00–203.00	200.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	230.00–235.00	232.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	280.00–283.00	282.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	265.00–270.00	267.49

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	125.00	125.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	108.00	108.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	136.00	136.00
1	—	1,050	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	108.00	108.00
6	—	1,390	112.00–115.00	112.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	91.00–98.00	94.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	113.00–114.00	113.51
1	—	845	107.00	107.00

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.