Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls under 600 lbs sold sharply higher, over 600 lbs mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Demand on feeders moderate. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $115.15/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −86.07 against this barn's trailing median of $201.21.

Average price

$115.15

88 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$11.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.71

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	122.37	716	28
Medium and Large 2	584	112.51	657	27
Medium and Large 3	499	111.18	555	33

One grade step is worth $11.19/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale88 hd

115.15

—

AL average16 barns · 1,705 hd

117.85

−2.71

This barn, trailing median2 sales

201.21

−86.07

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	—	Low	1,757	66.69	1,172	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	46.70	709	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	42.33	514	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,137	34.11	388	8thin

Every lot, as filed

81 lots · USDA AMS · Valley Livestock - Moulton, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	120.92/cwt	117.00–125.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	649	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	156.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	150.21/cwt	147.00–152.00	691	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	100.35/cwt	99.00–102.00	580	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	105.64/cwt	105.00–107.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	110.66/cwt	110.00–112.00	642	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	790	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	808	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	136.15/cwt	130.00–140.00	637	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	113.97/cwt	112.00–115.00	712	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	118.31/cwt	117.00–120.00	635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	146.31/cwt	145.00–147.00	625	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	155.66/cwt	155.00–157.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	102.49/cwt	102.00–103.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	33.14/cwt	31.00–35.00	391	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	374	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	46.70/cwt	46.00–47.00	709	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	42.45/cwt	41.00–44.00	516	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	47.90/cwt	46.00–50.00	596	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	36.50/cwt	36.00–37.00	431	2
Bulls	—	—	1,750	63.37/cwt	62.00–64.00	1,109	3
Bulls	—	—	1,783	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,284	2
Bulls	—	—	1,725	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	110.39/cwt	110.00–111.00	513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	115.65/cwt	115.00–117.00	442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	455	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	125.28/cwt	122.00–127.00	514	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	112.45/cwt	110.00–114.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	115.62/cwt	114.00–117.00	543	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	429	118.30/cwt	117.00–120.00	508	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	519	111.14/cwt	107.00–114.00	577	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	569	105.20/cwt	102.00–107.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	376	121.70/cwt	120.00–125.00	458	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	715	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	345	126.00/cwt	125.00–127.00	435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	758	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	124.01/cwt	120.00–130.00	592	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	669	103.46/cwt	100.00–105.00	692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	104.23/cwt	102.00–105.00	557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	105.97/cwt	105.00–107.00	501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	108.70/cwt	107.00–110.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	123.45/cwt	122.00–125.00	346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	102.11/cwt	101.00–105.00	649	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	108.47/cwt	107.00–110.00	571	6
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	718	267.65/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,922	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	760	324.56/cwt	295.00–375.00	2,467	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,183	698.37/cwt	660.00–735.00	8,262	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,102	356.29/cwt	310.00–390.00	3,926	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	944.56/cwt	930.00–960.00	11,335	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	652.27/cwt	630.00–700.00	7,749	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	880	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	6,512	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,185	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	10,428	2

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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

Valley Livestock - Moulton, AL

Wed Oct 23, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 399Last week 602Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 38Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 36Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	117.00–125.00	120.92
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
1	—	475	125.00	125.00
1	—	340	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	133.00	133.00
1	—	810	107.00	107.00
1	—	605	120.00	120.00
1	—	555	131.00	131.00
1	—	425	140.00	140.00
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	649	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	150.00–160.00	156.84
4	—	460	147.00–152.00	150.21
1	—	580	132.00	132.00
1	—	370	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	578	99.00–102.00	100.35
4	—	534	102.00–105.00	104.23
4	—	473	105.00–107.00	105.97
4	—	423	107.00–110.00	108.70
2	—	280	122.00–125.00	123.45
1	—	660	95.00	95.00
1	—	615	97.00	97.00
1	—	355	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	110.00–111.00	110.39
3	—	382	115.00–117.00	115.65
1	—	770	87.00	87.00
7	—	636	101.00–105.00	102.11
6	—	526	107.00–110.00	108.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	410	122.00–127.00	125.28
4	—	523	110.00–114.00	112.45
2	—	785	90.00	90.00
2	—	715	102.00	102.00
1	—	605	108.00	108.00
1	—	595	109.00	109.00
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	105.00–107.00	105.64
3	—	580	110.00–112.00	110.66
1	—	740	95.00	95.00
1	—	385	132.00	132.00
1	—	345	145.00	145.00
8	—	477	120.00–130.00	124.01
6	—	669	100.00–105.00	103.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	790	103.00	103.00
2	—	808	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	130.00–140.00	136.15
3	—	625	112.00–115.00	113.97
3	—	585	115.00–117.00	115.99
3	—	537	117.00–120.00	118.31
3	—	427	145.00–147.00	146.31
3	—	375	155.00–157.00	155.66
2	—	713	102.00–103.00	102.49
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	114.00–117.00	115.62
6	—	429	117.00–120.00	118.30
5	—	519	107.00–114.00	111.14
4	—	569	102.00–107.00	105.20
4	—	376	120.00–125.00	121.70
2	—	715	85.00	85.00
2	—	670	90.00	90.00
2	—	625	100.00	100.00
2	—	345	125.00–127.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	758	96.00	96.00
2	—	655	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,179	31.00–35.00	33.14
2	—	1,010	37.00	37.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,518	46.00–47.00	46.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,216	41.00–44.00	42.45
2	—	1,245	46.00–50.00	47.90
2	—	1,180	36.00–37.00	36.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,750	62.00–64.00	63.37
2	—	1,783	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,725	66.00	66.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	718	250.00–280.00	267.65
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	760	295.00–375.00	324.56
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,183	660.00–735.00	698.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,102	310.00–390.00	356.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	930.00–960.00	944.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,188	630.00–700.00	652.27
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	740.00	740.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,185	880.00	880.00

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.

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