Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2021-06-23

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Jun 23
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 224▼ 40 vs year ago 303 · −13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 58▲ 52 vs year ago 77 · +67.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 24▼ 12 vs year ago 121 · −9.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with moderate to 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 $132.65/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$132.65
50 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.08
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2449135.8560929
Medium and Large 1545129.9270912thin
Medium and Large 3471125.995939thin
One grade step is worth $9.86/cwt here — about $16 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 sale50 hd
132.65
—
AL average13 barns · 1,278 hd
130.57
+2.08
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
Bulls—Low1,77893.071,6559thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,04168.9371848
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36466.9891310
CowsLean 85-90%Low88354.0447734

Every lot, as filed

57 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505122.00/cwt122.00–122.006161
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—720137.00/cwt137.00–137.009861
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—625145.00/cwt145.00–145.009061
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—630135.00/cwt135.00–135.008511
BullsMedium and Large 3—622112.99/cwt112.00–115.007033
BullsMedium and Large 3—563119.01/cwt117.00–120.006706
SteersMedium and Large 3—467137.00/cwt137.00–137.006403
BullsMedium and Large 1—565133.47/cwt132.00–135.007542
BullsMedium and Large 1—750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
BullsMedium and Large 1—615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
BullsMedium and Large 3—470130.81/cwt130.00–132.006155
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420131.01/cwt130.00–132.005503
SteersMedium and Large 2—520146.49/cwt145.00–147.007624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428144.99/cwt143.00–147.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—553126.50/cwt126.00–127.007002
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428135.80/cwt135.00–140.005816
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469128.17/cwt127.00–130.006015
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570120.96/cwt120.00–122.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 2—392151.61/cwt150.00–152.005945
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324153.19/cwt153.00–154.004965
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516125.49/cwt125.00–127.006484
CowsLean 85-90%—85149.43/cwt46.00–51.0042112
CowsLean 85-90%—96559.51/cwt58.00–63.005748
CowsLean 85-90%—86354.87/cwt52.00–57.0047414
Bulls——1,77887.16/cwt86.00–88.001,5502
Bulls——2,00798.71/cwt97.00–101.001,9813
Bulls——1,60691.79/cwt89.00–94.001,4744
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4501,030.00/cwt1,030.00–1,030.0014,9351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 3—1,1061,214.92/cwt1,160.00–1,260.0013,4378
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2751,378.31/cwt1,330.00–1,470.0017,5736
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00663.70/cwt62.00–68.0064117
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08974.42/cwt73.00–78.0081014
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03769.65/cwt67.00–72.0072217
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655108.00/cwt108.00–108.007072
BullsMedium and Large 2—480137.00/cwt137.00–137.006581
BullsMedium and Large 2—330177.00/cwt177.00–177.005841
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39663.96/cwt62.00–66.008935
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,16578.00/cwt78.00–78.009091
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37368.00/cwt67.00–71.009344
BullsMedium and Large 2—562124.30/cwt122.00–130.006997
BullsMedium and Large 2—523131.38/cwt130.00–135.006875
BullsMedium and Large 2—665113.49/cwt112.00–115.007554
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—838669.46/cwt640.00–710.005,6105
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,257857.56/cwt835.00–870.0010,7803
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,075995.53/cwt920.00–1,060.0010,7022
SteersMedium and Large 1—655122.00/cwt122.00–122.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450137.00/cwt137.00–137.006171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655117.00/cwt117.00–117.007661
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005321
BullsMedium and Large 3—515126.24/cwt124.00–127.006504
BullsMedium and Large 3—415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005814
SteersMedium and Large 1—585145.00/cwt145.00–145.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 1—750107.00/cwt107.00–107.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520133.36/cwt132.00–134.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575115.97/cwt115.00–117.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470123.47/cwt122.00–125.005802

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.