Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder bulls and steers sold steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.93/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$134.93

79 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$5.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.04

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	138.91	733	21
Medium and Large 3	432	133.65	577	29
Medium and Large 2	512	133.33	683	29

One grade step is worth $5.58/cwt here — about $50 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 sale79 hd

134.93

—

AL average16 barns · 1,884 hd

131.89

+3.04

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	1,610	92.03	1,482	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,345	68.89	927	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,128	62.55	706	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	978	51.10	500	14

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1	—	523	138.35/cwt	136.00–142.00	724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	474	134.44/cwt	130.00–138.00	637	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	129.53/cwt	127.00–134.00	692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	141.51/cwt	140.00–142.00	580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	129.39/cwt	127.00–130.00	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	129.22/cwt	127.00–131.00	812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	125.72/cwt	124.00–127.00	724	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	134.57/cwt	132.00–137.00	774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	142.26/cwt	140.00–147.00	656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	145.01/cwt	142.00–148.00	699	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	597	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	62.80/cwt	61.00–65.00	679	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	776	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	714	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	55.98/cwt	55.00–57.00	562	4
Bulls	—	—	1,265	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,025	1
Bulls	—	—	1,888	97.03/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,832	2
Bulls	—	—	1,505	92.55/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,393	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	51.84/cwt	50.00–54.00	537	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	45.11/cwt	43.00–48.00	390	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,155	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	122.47/cwt	120.00–125.00	900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	864	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	628	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.00	594	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,349	67.36/cwt	65.00–69.00	909	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	122.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	118.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	514	128.40/cwt	125.00–130.00	660	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	141.56/cwt	137.00–145.00	534	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	825	113.97/cwt	110.00–117.00	940	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	295	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	134.34/cwt	132.00–139.00	555	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	122.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	133.75/cwt	132.00–137.00	700	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	136.04/cwt	132.00–140.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	144.48/cwt	142.00–147.00	604	11

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 Jul 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 312Last week 227Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 57Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 76Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	136.00–142.00	138.35
3	—	622	125.00	125.00
1	—	740	117.00	117.00
1	—	575	132.00	132.00
1	—	440	148.00	148.00
1	—	685	125.00	125.00
10	—	482	142.00–148.00	145.01
1	—	385	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	534	127.00–134.00	129.53
1	—	720	112.00	112.00
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
7	—	576	124.00–127.00	125.72
2	—	693	110.00–115.00	112.51
2	—	490	132.00–140.00	136.04
1	—	640	120.00	120.00
11	—	418	142.00–147.00	144.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	150.00	150.00
5	—	468	125.00–129.00	127.01
4	—	528	120.00–125.00	122.49
2	—	553	117.00–120.00	118.49
9	—	377	137.00–145.00	141.56
1	—	635	108.00	108.00
5	—	413	132.00–139.00	134.34
2	—	270	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
1	—	605	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	610	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	135.00	135.00
1	—	475	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	474	130.00–138.00	134.44
4	—	410	140.00–142.00	141.51
10	—	514	125.00–130.00	128.40
1	—	600	117.00	117.00
1	—	295	177.00	177.00
2	—	575	120.00–125.00	122.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	112.00	112.00
5	—	569	127.00–130.00	129.39
2	—	605	120.00–125.00	122.48
1	—	650	120.00	120.00
4	—	461	140.00–147.00	142.26
8	—	523	132.00–137.00	133.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	140.00	140.00
5	—	628	127.00–131.00	129.22
5	—	575	132.00–137.00	134.57
2	—	735	120.00–125.00	122.47
1	—	680	127.00	127.00
3	—	825	110.00–117.00	113.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,082	61.00–65.00	62.80
3	—	1,293	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,050	68.00	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,004	55.00–57.00	55.98
6	—	1,036	50.00–54.00	51.84
4	—	865	43.00–48.00	45.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	75.00	75.00
4	—	1,349	65.00–69.00	67.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	81.00	81.00
2	—	1,888	96.00–98.00	97.03
2	—	1,505	91.00–95.00	92.55

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	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)	1	—	1,085	1,025.00	1,025.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle