Sale reports / Georgia / Moultrie / 2025-02-05

Moultrie

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moultrie, Georgia · Wed, Feb 5
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1943
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 149▼ 220 vs year ago 460 · −47.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 63▼ 20 vs year ago 82 · −24.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 20▲ 8 vs year ago 18 · +44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower, steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.86/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$273.86
13 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,447
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.00
vs GA average
−25.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515281.701,4516thin
Medium and Large 2549268.641,4754thin
Medium and Large 3528265.131,4003thin
One grade step is worth $16.57/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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
273.86
—
GA average16 barns · 580 hd
267.86
+6.00
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−25.00
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—Average1,652161.462,6676thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,106135.061,49312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,330130.131,73110
CowsLean 85-90%High986120.461,1878thin

Every lot

35 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 · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1238414.84/cwt410.00–420.009872
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3322336.42/cwt330.00–340.001,0833
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2342351.63/cwt345.00–355.001,2033
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371348.01/cwt345.00–355.001,2918
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373327.65/cwt325.00–330.001,2222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388332.44/cwt330.00–335.001,2904
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2414317.66/cwt315.00–325.001,3154
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415312.44/cwt310.00–315.001,2972
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471292.27/cwt290.00–300.001,37713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483283.31/cwt280.00–285.001,3683
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3488275.03/cwt270.00–280.001,3422
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515281.70/cwt280.00–285.001,4516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525274.86/cwt270.00–280.001,4432
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528265.13/cwt260.00–270.001,4003
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573262.42/cwt260.00–265.001,5042
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3223425.06/cwt420.00–430.009482
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2334413.01/cwt405.00–415.001,3797
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1337427.17/cwt425.00–430.001,4409
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1406363.35/cwt360.00–365.001,4756
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2408351.61/cwt345.00–355.001,4353
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415341.67/cwt340.00–345.001,4183
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,513161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,4362
Bulls——1,553156.39/cwt155.00–158.002,4292
Bulls——1,890167.00/cwt167.00–167.003,1562
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%895114.22/cwt112.00–116.001,0223
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005128.08/cwt127.00–129.001,2872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,014131.30/cwt129.00–134.001,3315
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063121.62/cwt118.00–124.001,2933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171137.75/cwt135.00–142.001,6137
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,269135.30/cwt131.00–138.001,7174
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,371126.69/cwt124.00–130.001,7376
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,063140.70/cwt134.00–150.001,4962
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,068172.47/cwt170.00–175.001,8422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9261
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,137143.86/cwt135.00–155.001,6363

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.