Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.17/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −62.04 against this barn's trailing median of $201.21.

Average price

$139.17

89 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$13.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.78

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	492	147.43	725	36
Medium and Large 3	492	133.60	657	32
Medium and Large 2	523	133.53	699	21

One grade step is worth $13.90/cwt here — about $27 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 sale89 hd

139.17

—

AL average16 barns · 1,678 hd

133.40

+5.78

This barn, trailing median2 sales

201.21

−62.04

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	—	Average	1,870	79.47	1,486	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	58.00	856	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,137	50.59	575	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,031	38.26	394	7thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	666	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	112.79/cwt	111.00–114.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	119.85/cwt	117.00–123.00	502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	172.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	163.79/cwt	162.00–165.00	745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	668	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	108.03/cwt	106.00–110.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	498	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	115.93/cwt	115.00–119.00	545	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	147.01/cwt	145.00–148.00	813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	124.04/cwt	121.00–127.00	590	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	341	161.68/cwt	160.00–162.00	551	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	151.36/cwt	150.00–152.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	124.39/cwt	122.00–125.00	765	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	455	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	714	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	513	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	39.54/cwt	37.00–42.00	378	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	30.61/cwt	30.00–31.00	309	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	856	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	51.70/cwt	50.00–55.00	592	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	48.08/cwt	47.00–49.00	538	4
Bulls	—	—	2,050	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,743	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	76.70/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,365	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	5,494	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,202	900.53/cwt	820.00–950.00	10,824	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,113	748.60/cwt	700.00–800.00	8,332	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	1,040.18/cwt	1,030.00–1,050.00	10,277	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	980	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	10,143	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	1,176.62/cwt	1,100.00–1,240.00	13,390	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	732	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	732	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	118.81/cwt	115.00–122.00	681	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	282	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	678	105.97/cwt	105.00–107.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	134.81/cwt	132.00–136.00	705	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	140.96/cwt	138.00–145.00	741	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	757	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	139.66/cwt	135.00–142.00	603	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	142.38/cwt	140.00–143.00	658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	152.08/cwt	147.00–155.00	706	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	607	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	165.48/cwt	165.00–167.00	640	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	133.51/cwt	132.00–135.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	117.82/cwt	116.00–120.00	610	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	156.00/cwt	155.00–157.00	657	4

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 Oct 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 308Last week 300Year ago 303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 44Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 30Year ago 66

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	666	110.00	110.00
2	—	575	127.00	127.00
3	—	420	150.00–152.00	151.36
5	—	523	132.00–136.00	134.81
5	—	462	140.00–143.00	142.38
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
1	—	390	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	341	160.00–162.00	161.68
5	—	732	100.00	100.00
5	—	573	115.00–122.00	118.81
1	—	390	152.00	152.00
3	—	282	164.00	164.00
2	—	678	105.00–107.00	105.97
6	—	432	135.00–142.00	139.66
2	—	513	125.00	125.00
2	—	483	132.00–135.00	133.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	119.00	119.00
5	—	615	122.00–125.00	124.39
5	—	526	138.00–145.00	140.96
4	—	561	135.00	135.00
8	—	464	147.00–155.00	152.08
3	—	345	181.00	181.00
4	—	387	165.00–167.00	165.48
4	—	421	155.00–157.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	121.00	121.00
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
5	—	581	115.00	115.00
2	—	680	106.00–110.00	108.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	111.00–114.00	112.79
1	—	620	107.00	107.00
1	—	405	132.00	132.00
11	—	476	121.00–127.00	124.04
1	—	365	137.00	137.00
7	—	518	116.00–120.00	117.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	419	117.00–123.00	119.85
2	—	260	137.00	137.00
1	—	625	104.00	104.00
1	—	560	107.00	107.00
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
12	—	470	115.00–119.00	115.93
3	—	545	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	170.00–175.00	172.40
1	—	545	140.00	140.00
1	—	305	182.00	182.00
1	—	480	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	455	162.00–165.00	163.79
1	—	650	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	138.00	138.00
3	—	553	145.00–148.00	147.01
1	—	535	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	147.00	147.00
3	—	445	155.00	155.00
2	—	580	127.00	127.00
2	—	648	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	44.00	44.00
3	—	955	37.00–42.00	39.54
2	—	1,010	30.00–31.00	30.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	58.00	58.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,146	50.00–55.00	51.70
4	—	1,118	47.00–49.00	48.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,050	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,780	75.00–78.00	76.70

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	763	720.00	720.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,202	820.00–950.00	900.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,113	700.00–800.00	748.60
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	988	1,030.00–1,050.00	1,040.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,138	1,100.00–1,240.00	1,176.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	1,035.00	1,035.00

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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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

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Slaughter Cattle

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