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Moultrie

Name: Moultrie livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Oct 30

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

164 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 215▲ 27 vs year ago 137 · +19.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 8▲ 14 vs year ago 23 · +60.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 6▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 higher, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, feeder steers and feeder heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $220.11/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$220.11

13 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,164

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$23.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.19

vs GA average

−40.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	223.76	1,177	11thin
Medium and Large 3	543	200.02	1,086	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.74/cwt here — about $91 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

220.11

—

GA average14 barns · 526 hd

214.92

+5.19

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−40.35

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	1,417	130.77	1,853	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,313	118.00	1,549	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	112.00	1,372	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	890	84.10	748	3thin

Every lot

25 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	277.60/cwt	277.00–280.00	694	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	264.98/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,028	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	412	227.03/cwt	225.00–228.00	935	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	240.21/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,016	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	258.80/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,136	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	233.94/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,081	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	223.76/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,177	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	543	200.02/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,086	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	328	291.70/cwt	285.00–295.00	957	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	362	266.68/cwt	265.00–270.00	965	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	283.13/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,056	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	438	246.65/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,080	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	237.45/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,116	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	249.73/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,296	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	212.44/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,232	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	637	194.93/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,242	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,300	127.65/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,659	2
Bulls	—	—	1,650	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,261	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	84.10/cwt	81.00–86.00	748	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,040	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,123	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,125	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,283	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,318	114.00/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,503	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,830	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,163	107.03/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,245	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,210	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,452	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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 215Year ago 137

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 8Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	519	240.00–253.00	249.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	280.00–290.00	283.13
2	550–600	580	210.00–215.00	212.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	285.00–295.00	291.70
3	350–400	362	265.00–270.00	266.68
3	400–450	438	245.00–250.00	246.65
4	450–500	470	230.00–240.00	237.45
4	600–650	637	190.00–200.00	194.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	260.00–270.00	264.98
4	400–450	439	255.00–260.00	258.80
11	500–550	526	220.00–230.00	223.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	225.00–228.00	227.03
2	500–550	543	195.00–205.00	200.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	250	277.00–280.00	277.60
2	400–450	423	235.00–245.00	240.21
5	450–500	462	230.00–235.00	233.94

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	120.00	120.00

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)	2	—	1,163	101.00–112.00	107.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	137.00	137.00
2	—	1,300	126.00–129.00	127.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	890	81.00–86.00	84.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,500	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	108.00	108.00
2	—	1,318	112.00–116.00	114.00

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.