Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	142.66	757	45
Medium and Large 2	512	136.48	698	56
Medium and Large 3	472	135.75	641	37

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,689	82.40	1,392	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,302	57.84	753	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,202	52.80	635	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	39.03	404	12

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	790	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	150.98/cwt	147.00–155.00	637	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	429	142.20/cwt	137.00–145.00	610	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	533	124.25/cwt	122.00–127.00	662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	131.79/cwt	130.00–135.00	490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	569	110.10/cwt	107.00–112.00	626	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	140.99/cwt	140.00–142.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	119.11/cwt	118.00–120.00	574	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	134.72/cwt	132.00–137.00	552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	622	104.03/cwt	100.00–107.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	667	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	748	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	145.49/cwt	145.00–147.50	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	113.46/cwt	110.00–117.00	590	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	128.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	542	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	129.46/cwt	127.00–132.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	140.82/cwt	135.00–142.00	853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	677	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	941	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	551	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	122.55/cwt	120.00–125.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	114.34/cwt	112.00–119.00	651	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	147.24/cwt	145.00–148.00	774	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	141.48/cwt	140.00–145.00	649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	160.87/cwt	157.00–167.00	679	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	161.58/cwt	157.00–165.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	360	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	655	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,135	65.60/cwt	64.00–67.00	745	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,332	56.56/cwt	55.00–59.00	753	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	49.73/cwt	48.00–52.00	613	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	747	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	40.89/cwt	39.00–44.00	420	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	740	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	34.02/cwt	33.00–35.00	352	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	56.12/cwt	53.00–58.00	625	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	501	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,315	2
Bulls	—	—	1,703	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,516	2
Bulls	—	—	1,535	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,289	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,374	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,180	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,260	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	17,940	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	846.60/cwt	825.00–865.00	11,090	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,380	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	14,835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	121.34/cwt	120.00–122.00	689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	141.44/cwt	140.00–142.00	752	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	134.06/cwt	130.00–137.00	637	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	151.50/cwt	145.00–155.00	580	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	127.09/cwt	126.00–128.00	727	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	123.68/cwt	122.00–125.00	820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	172.50/cwt	170.00–175.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	152.65/cwt	147.00–157.00	713	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	628	115.68/cwt	115.00–117.00	726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	609	121.35/cwt	120.00–123.00	739	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	132.02/cwt	130.00–137.00	742	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	104.65/cwt	102.00–106.00	806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	125.52/cwt	124.00–129.00	783	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	132.18/cwt	130.00–135.00	685	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	313	159.70/cwt	157.00–162.00	500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	717	1

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 Nov 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 522Last week 308Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	608	130.00	130.00
2	—	748	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	130.00–135.00	131.79
1	—	320	135.00	135.00
9	—	569	107.00–112.00	110.10
9	—	482	118.00–120.00	119.11
3	—	622	100.00–107.00	104.03
19	—	520	110.00–117.00	113.46
13	—	422	125.00–130.00	128.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	114.00	114.00
2	—	600	120.00	120.00
1	—	465	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	140.00–142.00	140.99
3	—	410	132.00–137.00	134.72
2	—	488	127.00–132.00	129.46
2	—	620	110.00	110.00
2	—	535	120.00–125.00	122.55
14	—	569	112.00–119.00	114.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	667	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	422	147.00–155.00	150.98
6	—	459	140.00–145.00	141.48
1	—	675	118.00	118.00
4	—	373	157.00–165.00	161.58
9	—	572	126.00–128.00	127.09
2	—	313	167.00	167.00
6	—	609	120.00–123.00	121.35
3	—	770	102.00–106.00	104.65
1	—	715	112.00	112.00
12	—	518	130.00–135.00	132.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	137.00–145.00	142.20
4	—	533	122.00–127.00	124.25
3	—	568	120.00–122.00	121.34
12	—	475	130.00–137.00	134.06
6	—	383	145.00–155.00	151.50
3	—	628	115.00–117.00	115.68
3	—	313	157.00–162.00	159.70
1	—	670	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	422	157.00–167.00	160.87
1	—	705	123.00	123.00
7	—	532	140.00–142.00	141.44
3	—	663	122.00–125.00	123.68
2	—	360	170.00–175.00	172.50
5	—	467	147.00–157.00	152.65
5	—	562	130.00–137.00	132.02
1	—	795	112.00	112.00
9	—	624	124.00–129.00	125.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	135.00	135.00
1	—	360	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	571	145.00–147.50	145.49
6	—	606	135.00–142.00	140.82
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	122.00	122.00
1	—	535	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	130.00	130.00
1	—	565	135.00	135.00
8	—	526	145.00–148.00	147.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	677	139.00	139.00
7	—	551	155.50	155.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	64.00–67.00	65.60
3	—	1,332	55.00–59.00	56.56
2	—	1,423	52.00	52.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,232	48.00–52.00	49.73
2	—	1,245	60.00	60.00
4	—	1,113	53.00–58.00	56.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,026	39.00–44.00	40.89
4	—	1,035	33.00–35.00	34.02
1	—	1,090	46.00	46.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,703	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,535	84.00	84.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,380	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,310	825.00–865.00	846.60
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,380	1,075.00	1,075.00

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

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How this sale compares

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