Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2021-11-03

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Nov 3
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
522 head
▲ 214 vs last sale 308▲ 522 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 33▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 50▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.30/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −62.91 against this barn's trailing median of $201.21.
Average price
$138.30
138 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.73
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531142.6675745
Medium and Large 2512136.4869856
Medium and Large 3472135.7564137
One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $116 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 sale138 hd
138.30
—
AL average14 barns · 1,480 hd
133.57
+4.73
This barn, trailing median2 sales
201.21
−62.91
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—Low1,68982.401,3925thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30257.847537thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20252.8063515
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03439.0340412

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1Fancy—608130.00/cwt130.00–130.007908
BullsMedium and Large 2—422150.98/cwt147.00–155.0063712
BullsMedium and Large 3—429142.20/cwt137.00–145.006105
BullsMedium and Large 3—533124.25/cwt122.00–127.006624
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372131.79/cwt130.00–135.004905
HeifersMedium and Large 1—660114.00/cwt114.00–114.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 1—600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320135.00/cwt135.00–135.004321
HeifersMedium and Large 3—569110.10/cwt107.00–112.006269
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365140.99/cwt140.00–142.005152
HeifersMedium and Large 3—482119.11/cwt118.00–120.005749
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410134.72/cwt132.00–137.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 3—622104.03/cwt100.00–107.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—667131.00/cwt131.00–131.008746
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—748115.00/cwt115.00–115.008602
SteersMedium and Large 1—571145.49/cwt145.00–147.508315
SteersMedium and Large 3—595122.00/cwt122.00–122.007261
SteersMedium and Large 2—605130.00/cwt130.00–130.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520113.46/cwt110.00–117.0059019
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422128.39/cwt125.00–130.0054213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—488129.46/cwt127.00–132.006322
SteersMedium and Large 1—606140.82/cwt135.00–142.008536
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—677139.00/cwt139.00–139.009416
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—551155.50/cwt155.50–155.508577
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535122.55/cwt120.00–125.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569114.34/cwt112.00–119.0065114
SteersMedium and Large 2—565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007631
SteersMedium and Large 3—535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007221
SteersMedium and Large 2—526147.24/cwt145.00–148.007748
BullsMedium and Large 2—459141.48/cwt140.00–145.006496
BullsMedium and Large 2—675118.00/cwt118.00–118.007971
BullsMedium and Large 1—422160.87/cwt157.00–167.0067910
BullsMedium and Large 2—373161.58/cwt157.00–165.006034
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—360182.00/cwt182.00–182.006551
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,13565.60/cwt64.00–67.007452
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33256.56/cwt55.00–59.007533
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23249.73/cwt48.00–52.006139
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24560.00/cwt60.00–60.007472
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02640.89/cwt39.00–44.004207
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42352.00/cwt52.00–52.007402
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03534.02/cwt33.00–35.003524
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11356.12/cwt53.00–58.006254
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09046.00/cwt46.00–46.005011
Bulls——1,75375.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3152
Bulls——1,70389.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5162
Bulls——1,53584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2891
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,0001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,015825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,3741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3—1,180700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,2601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3801,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0017,9401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,310846.60/cwt825.00–865.0011,0902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,3801,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0014,8351
BullsMedium and Large 3—568121.34/cwt120.00–122.006893
BullsMedium and Large 1—705123.00/cwt123.00–123.008671
BullsMedium and Large 1—532141.44/cwt140.00–142.007527
BullsMedium and Large 3—475134.06/cwt130.00–137.0063712
BullsMedium and Large 3—383151.50/cwt145.00–155.005806
BullsMedium and Large 2—572127.09/cwt126.00–128.007279
BullsMedium and Large 2—313167.00/cwt167.00–167.005232
BullsMedium and Large 1—663123.68/cwt122.00–125.008203
BullsMedium and Large 1—360172.50/cwt170.00–175.006212
BullsMedium and Large 1—467152.65/cwt147.00–157.007135
BullsMedium and Large 3—628115.68/cwt115.00–117.007263
BullsMedium and Large 2—609121.35/cwt120.00–123.007396
BullsMedium and Large 1—562132.02/cwt130.00–137.007425
BullsMedium and Large 2—770104.65/cwt102.00–106.008063
BullsMedium and Large 2—715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1—795112.00/cwt112.00–112.008901
BullsMedium and Large 1—624125.52/cwt124.00–129.007839
BullsMedium and Large 2—518132.18/cwt130.00–135.0068512
BullsMedium and Large 3—313159.70/cwt157.00–162.005003
BullsMedium and Large 3—670107.00/cwt107.00–107.007171

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.