Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.27/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −71.94 against this barn's trailing median of $201.21.

Average price

$129.27

53 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$685

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$3.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.63

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	130.00	706	14thin
Medium and Large 3	487	129.87	633	28
Medium and Large 1	622	126.81	789	11thin

One grade step is worth $3.19/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale53 hd

129.27

—

AL average16 barns · 1,323 hd

129.90

−0.63

This barn, trailing median2 sales

201.21

−71.94

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	—	High	1,820	96.35	1,754	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,297	74.15	962	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,091	69.12	754	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	964	59.50	574	19

Every lot, as filed

53 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	—	680	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	143.74/cwt	142.00–147.00	608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	129.69/cwt	127.00–132.00	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	128.95/cwt	127.00–132.00	676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	133.78/cwt	133.00–137.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	123.99/cwt	122.00–127.00	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	600	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	122.84/cwt	121.00–125.00	715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	879	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	126.23/cwt	125.00–130.00	778	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	116.54/cwt	115.00–118.00	839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	123.47/cwt	122.00–125.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	745	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	75.02/cwt	74.00–76.00	797	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	508	2
Bulls	—	—	1,875	98.02/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,838	2
Bulls	—	—	1,710	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,590	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	62.48/cwt	62.00–64.00	634	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	68.31/cwt	66.00–71.00	745	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	984.40/cwt	960.00–1,000.00	10,602	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	1,263.43/cwt	1,250.00–1,280.00	14,188	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	59.05/cwt	57.00–61.00	554	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,175	77.62/cwt	76.00–80.00	912	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	71.98/cwt	69.00–74.00	988	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	626	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,017	803.10/cwt	770.00–840.00	8,168	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	567	118.26/cwt	115.00–120.00	671	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	752.26/cwt	730.00–780.00	6,785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	421	139.35/cwt	137.00–142.00	587	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	132.58/cwt	130.00–135.00	627	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	124.30/cwt	120.00–127.00	644	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	132.67/cwt	129.00–135.00	700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	141.01/cwt	140.00–142.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	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 Jun 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 224Last week 208Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 31Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 25Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	125.00	125.00
2	—	675	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	432	145.00	145.00
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	115.00–117.00	116.00
3	—	373	145.00–147.00	146.01
5	—	445	133.00–137.00	133.78
1	—	470	132.00	132.00
1	—	540	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	142.00–147.00	143.74
4	—	524	127.00–132.00	128.95
3	—	472	135.00	135.00
6	—	582	121.00–125.00	122.84
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	127.00–132.00	129.69
2	—	540	115.00–117.00	116.01
1	—	610	107.00	107.00
1	—	660	100.00	100.00
1	—	345	147.00	147.00
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
2	—	380	140.00–142.00	141.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	147.00	147.00
5	—	572	122.00–127.00	123.99
1	—	650	117.00	117.00
1	—	475	140.00	140.00
6	—	528	129.00–135.00	132.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	125.00–130.00	126.23
2	—	720	115.00–118.00	116.54
2	—	668	122.00–125.00	123.47
2	—	573	130.00	130.00
1	—	460	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	115.00–120.00	118.26
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
9	—	421	137.00–142.00	139.35
1	—	600	112.00	112.00
8	—	473	130.00–135.00	132.58
6	—	518	120.00–127.00	124.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,063	74.00–76.00	75.02
14	—	1,090	66.00–71.00	68.31
3	—	1,133	65.00	65.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	53.00	53.00
6	—	1,015	62.00–64.00	62.48
11	—	938	57.00–61.00	59.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,175	76.00–80.00	77.62
8	—	1,373	69.00–74.00	71.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,875	95.00–101.00	98.02
1	—	1,710	93.00	93.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,077	960.00–1,000.00	984.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	902	730.00–780.00	752.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,017	770.00–840.00	803.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,123	1,250.00–1,280.00	1,263.43

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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Moulton Stockyards

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle