Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder bulls and steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.22/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$121.22

74 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$3.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.62

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	512	121.94	624	44
Medium and Large 1	576	121.68	701	16thin
Medium and Large 3	473	118.43	560	14thin

One grade step is worth $3.52/cwt here — about $64 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 sale74 hd

121.22

—

AL average16 barns · 1,179 hd

120.60

+0.62

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	1,786	91.60	1,636	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	62.72	869	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,079	62.44	674	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	903	51.67	466	6thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	118.33/cwt	117.00–120.00	560	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	476	128.13/cwt	125.00–132.00	610	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	124.36/cwt	124.00–125.00	711	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	114.25/cwt	114.00–115.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	689	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	700	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	807	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,150	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	18,113	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	11,266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	660	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	136.01/cwt	135.00–137.00	658	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,063	1,185.78/cwt	1,110.00–1,250.00	12,605	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	669	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	836	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	148.28/cwt	145.00–150.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	392	158.01/cwt	157.00–160.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	133.11/cwt	132.00–134.00	748	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	51.00/cwt	48.00–53.00	459	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	503	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	62.72/cwt	61.00–66.00	869	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	67.96/cwt	66.00–70.00	754	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,081	62.40/cwt	60.00–65.00	675	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	57.09/cwt	56.00–58.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	125.59/cwt	122.00–127.00	600	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	165.97/cwt	165.00–167.00	556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	134.51/cwt	132.00–137.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	125.97/cwt	125.00–127.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	121.64/cwt	120.00–125.00	626	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	153.07/cwt	147.00–156.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	129.67/cwt	127.00–130.00	735	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	671	113.99/cwt	113.00–115.00	765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	117.92/cwt	117.00–118.00	664	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	108.39/cwt	105.00–110.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	127.62/cwt	127.00–128.00	546	5
Bulls	—	—	1,285	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,041	1
Bulls	—	—	1,953	95.13/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Unweaned	—	430	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	139.45/cwt	135.00–142.00	594	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	1,291.99/cwt	1,250.00–1,325.00	14,832	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	863	754.02/cwt	720.00–780.00	6,507	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,128	1,151.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	12,983	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,120	897.14/cwt	875.00–910.00	10,048	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	123.01/cwt	120.00–125.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	113.49/cwt	110.00–119.00	588	6

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 May 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 242Last week 166Year ago 312

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 60Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 79Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	117.00–120.00	118.33
1	—	375	130.00	130.00
4	—	429	120.00–125.00	123.01
6	—	518	110.00–119.00	113.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	572	124.00–125.00	124.36
4	—	600	114.00–115.00	114.25
3	—	513	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	478	122.00–127.00	125.59
1	—	340	142.00	142.00
11	—	515	120.00–125.00	121.64
12	—	563	117.00–118.00	117.92
3	—	625	105.00–110.00	108.39
5	—	428	127.00–128.00	127.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	476	125.00–132.00	128.13
1	—	360	152.00	152.00
2	—	535	120.00–122.00	121.01
6	—	426	135.00–142.00	139.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	689	107.00	107.00
5	—	528	125.00	125.00
4	—	484	135.00–137.00	136.01
3	—	432	145.00–150.00	148.28
3	—	392	157.00–160.00	158.01
2	—	335	165.00–167.00	165.97
2	—	560	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	155.00	155.00
4	—	671	113.00–115.00	113.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	643	125.50	125.50
1	—	685	122.00	122.00
17	—	562	132.00–134.00	133.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	669	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	132.00–137.00	134.51
2	—	523	125.00–127.00	125.97
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	147.00–156.00	153.07
9	—	567	127.00–130.00	129.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	138.00	138.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,310	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,148	1,250.00–1,325.00	1,291.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	863	720.00–780.00	754.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,128	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,151.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,120	875.00–910.00	897.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,063	1,110.00–1,250.00	1,185.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	900	48.00–53.00	51.00
1	—	915	55.00	55.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,385	61.00–66.00	62.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	66.00–70.00	67.96
9	—	1,081	60.00–65.00	62.40
2	—	1,038	56.00–58.00	57.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	81.00	81.00
3	—	1,953	92.00–98.00	95.13

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

Heifers · 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