Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2025-01-15

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Jan 15
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 143▼ 77 vs year ago 186 · −41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 75▲ 0 vs year ago 28 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 8▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 7.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, steer calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves sharply higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.73/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$253.73
4 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,276
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−13.58
vs GA average
−50.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3503253.731,2764thin
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 sale4 hd
253.73
—
GA average16 barns · 539 hd
267.31
−13.58
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−50.30
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—High1,650164.342,7125thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,480141.762,0982thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220136.431,66513
CowsLean 85-90%High1,070122.001,3052thin

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)1,155$1,7251thin

Every lot

17 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 · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278324.08/cwt320.00–330.009017
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338302.56/cwt300.00–305.001,0232
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2342311.63/cwt305.00–315.001,0663
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373304.83/cwt300.00–310.001,1372
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373297.58/cwt295.00–300.001,1102
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410290.51/cwt287.00–293.001,1915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3503253.73/cwt250.00–255.001,2764
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2722197.80/cwt195.00–200.001,4287
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479296.29/cwt295.00–300.001,4194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,622161.29/cwt160.00–164.002,6163
Bulls——1,693168.91/cwt168.00–170.002,8602
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3052
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212138.56/cwt137.00–141.001,6798
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233133.03/cwt129.00–135.001,6405
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480141.76/cwt140.00–144.002,0982
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1551,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2820180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4761

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.