Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2021-03-17

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Mar 17
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 313 vs last sale 434▲ 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 44▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to one week ago: All cattle classes lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.30/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −62.91 against this barn's trailing median of $201.21.
Average price
$138.30
25 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$255
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$26.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.36
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3362146.145289thin
Medium and Large 2508135.8869014thin
Medium and Large 1653120.007832thin
One grade step is worth $26.14/cwt here — about −$255 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 sale25 hd
138.30
—
AL average14 barns · 1,031 hd
136.94
+1.36
This barn, trailing median2 sales
201.21
−62.91
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average95556.005351thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98846.404583thin

Every lot, as filed

22 lots · USDA AMS · Valley Livestock - Moulton, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2—465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
BullsMedium and Large 2—580122.00/cwt122.00–122.007081
SteersMedium and Large 1—795110.00/cwt110.00–110.008751
BullsMedium and Large 3—580117.00/cwt117.00–117.006791
SteersMedium and Large 3—385152.00/cwt152.00–152.005851
SteersMedium and Large 3—470135.00/cwt135.00–135.006351
BullsMedium and Large 3—365144.53/cwt142.00–147.005282
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415132.00/cwt132.00–132.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
BullsMedium and Large 2—540139.00/cwt138.00–140.007512
BullsMedium and Large 2—673105.68/cwt105.00–107.007113
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565105.00/cwt105.00–105.005931
HeifersMedium and Large 3—660100.00/cwt100.00–100.006601
BullsMedium and Large 2—424149.32/cwt148.00–155.006337
SteersMedium and Large 2—715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
BullsMedium and Large 3—324151.53/cwt151.00–152.004916
HeifersMedium and Large 3—510112.00/cwt112.00–112.005716
CowsBoner 80-85%—95556.00/cwt56.00–56.005351
CowsLean 85-90%—98846.40/cwt45.00–47.004583
BullsMedium and Large 1—560132.00/cwt132.00–132.007391
BullsMedium and Large 1—745108.00/cwt108.00–108.008051
SteersMedium and Large 1—455157.00/cwt157.00–157.007141

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.