Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.16/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −81.05 against this barn's trailing median of $201.21.

Average price

$120.16

113 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$9.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.37

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	605	127.33	770	9thin
Medium and Large 2	549	126.48	694	24
Medium and Large 3	541	117.46	636	80

One grade step is worth $9.87/cwt here — about $134 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 sale113 hd

120.16

—

AL average14 barns · 1,397 hd

123.53

−3.37

This barn, trailing median2 sales

201.21

−81.05

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	1,623	90.01	1,461	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	62.84	924	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,132	52.76	597	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	982	45.35	445	3thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 2	—	520	122.91/cwt	120.00–126.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	569	114.83/cwt	110.00–117.50	653	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	742	93.33/cwt	90.00–95.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	831	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	994	786.19/cwt	675.00–950.00	7,815	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	107.85/cwt	105.00–112.50	674	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	677	98.44/cwt	95.00–102.50	666	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	164.26/cwt	160.00–167.50	509	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	680	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	5,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	386	138.76/cwt	135.00–145.00	536	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	131.20/cwt	130.00–135.00	635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	135.86/cwt	132.50–140.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	115.34/cwt	113.00–120.00	541	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	122.92/cwt	119.00–125.00	663	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	107.98/cwt	105.00–111.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	113.75/cwt	112.50–117.50	708	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	658	100.84/cwt	100.00–102.50	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	250	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	218	149.35/cwt	147.50–150.00	326	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	127.15/cwt	126.00–128.00	518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	538	118.67/cwt	115.00–120.00	638	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	127.57/cwt	125.00–130.00	663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	795	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	129.53/cwt	127.50–132.50	557	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	708	104.01/cwt	100.00–107.50	736	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	123.73/cwt	122.50–125.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	753	1
Bulls	—	—	1,623	90.01/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,461	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	479	123.95/cwt	120.00–129.00	594	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	250	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	109.96/cwt	107.50–112.50	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	121.18/cwt	120.00–122.50	473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	117.17/cwt	115.00–120.00	656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	118.55/cwt	117.00–122.50	518	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	126.75/cwt	126.00–127.50	380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	129.57/cwt	129.00–133.00	500	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,039	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	657.17/cwt	475.00–775.00	7,058	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	60.76/cwt	60.50–61.00	869	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,181	767.89/cwt	550.00–950.00	9,069	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	449	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	47.03/cwt	46.00–48.00	441	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	753	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	55.83/cwt	54.00–59.00	643	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	51.05/cwt	48.00–53.50	571	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	116.27/cwt	115.00–117.50	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1

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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 402Last week 399Year ago 416

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 17Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 31Year ago 27

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	120.00–126.00	122.91
1	—	700	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
1	—	565	117.50	117.50
1	—	650	112.50	112.50
2	—	513	115.00–117.50	116.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	120.00	120.00
1	—	710	117.00	117.00
1	—	755	113.00	113.00
4	—	528	132.50–140.00	135.86
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
1	—	615	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	569	110.00–117.50	114.83
3	—	742	90.00–95.00	93.33
17	—	625	105.00–112.50	107.85
5	—	677	95.00–102.50	98.44
6	—	386	135.00–145.00	138.76
9	—	538	115.00–120.00	118.67
11	—	430	127.50–132.50	129.53
11	—	479	120.00–129.00	123.95
1	—	250	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	120.00	120.00
4	—	310	160.00–167.50	164.26
4	—	484	130.00–135.00	131.20
4	—	520	125.00–130.00	127.57
1	—	795	100.00	100.00
4	—	708	100.00–107.50	104.01
2	—	558	122.50–125.00	123.73
2	—	680	107.50–112.50	109.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	129.00	129.00
2	—	565	123.00	123.00
1	—	415	137.50	137.50
1	—	460	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	469	113.00–120.00	115.34
2	—	555	112.50	112.50
2	—	625	105.00–111.00	107.98
3	—	658	100.00–102.50	100.84
1	—	250	140.00	140.00
4	—	218	147.50–150.00	149.35
1	—	505	115.00	115.00
6	—	390	120.00–122.50	121.18
1	—	725	90.00	90.00
9	—	437	117.00–122.50	118.55
2	—	300	126.00–127.50	126.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	539	119.00–125.00	122.92
13	—	622	112.50–117.50	113.75
1	—	650	112.00	112.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
3	—	407	126.00–128.00	127.15
5	—	560	115.00–120.00	117.17
7	—	386	129.00–133.00	129.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	994	675.00–950.00	786.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,074	475.00–775.00	657.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,181	550.00–950.00	767.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,623	89.00–91.00	90.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	67.00	67.00
2	—	1,430	60.50–61.00	60.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	42.00	42.00
2	—	938	46.00–48.00	47.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	61.00	61.00
9	—	1,151	54.00–59.00	55.83
21	—	1,119	48.00–53.50	51.05

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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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Valley Livestock - Moulton, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle