Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady, feeder steers and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady, lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $210.69/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$210.69

54 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$155

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

$7.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.83

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	473	214.15	1,013	15thin
Medium and Large 3	421	212.50	894	17thin
Medium and Large 1	565	206.94	1,169	22

One grade step is worth $7.21/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale54 hd

210.69

—

AL average11 barns · 1,375 hd

215.52

−4.83

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,688	98.77	1,667	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,142	95.53	1,091	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,017	79.83	812	13

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,213	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$852	3thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	197.07/cwt	196.50–201.00	1,389	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	225.06/cwt	223.00–227.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	213.74/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	238.44/cwt	237.00–240.00	620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	229.54/cwt	227.00–232.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	213.66/cwt	211.00–217.00	908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	214.85/cwt	213.00–216.00	980	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	204.64/cwt	200.00–207.00	966	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	247.54/cwt	245.00–250.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	230.33/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,048	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,198	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	660	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	208.00/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,221	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	223.33/cwt	220.00–225.00	971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	416	229.45/cwt	225.00–232.00	955	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	219.63/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,032	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	678	171.52/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,163	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,141	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	210.76/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,096	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,212.50/head	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,213	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	852.33/head	713.00–973.00	852	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	102.20/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,287	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	89.33/cwt	87.00–91.00	959	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	95.27/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,063	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,855	94.96/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,762	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,503	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	651	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	78.39/cwt	76.00–81.00	822	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	83.81/cwt	82.00–86.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	177.71/cwt	172.00–180.50	1,463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	198.31/cwt	192.00–202.00	1,130	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,220	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	220.58/cwt	217.00–225.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	237.59/cwt	235.00–240.00	862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,012	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	180.99/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,213	2

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 Jun 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 177Last week 183Year ago 227

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 37Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 12Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	705	196.50–201.00	197.07
3	—	823	172.00–180.50	177.71
3	—	602	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	223.00–227.00	225.06
4	—	509	212.00–215.00	213.74
2	—	418	227.00–232.00	229.54
1	—	385	235.00	235.00
1	—	635	202.00	202.00
4	—	587	205.00–209.00	208.00
4	—	676	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	260	237.00–240.00	238.44
2	—	565	182.00	182.00
4	—	425	211.00–217.00	213.66
1	—	335	232.00	232.00
5	—	472	200.00–207.00	204.64
3	—	370	217.00–225.00	220.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	245.00	245.00
7	—	456	213.00–216.00	214.85
3	—	435	220.00–225.00	223.33
4	—	570	192.00–202.00	198.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	214.00	214.00
3	—	660	194.50	194.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	245.00–250.00	247.54
4	—	416	225.00–232.00	229.45
4	—	470	217.00–225.00	219.63
4	—	678	170.00–172.00	171.52
1	—	610	187.00	187.00
5	—	520	207.00–215.00	210.76
1	—	585	200.00	200.00
2	—	363	235.00–240.00	237.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	230.00–231.00	230.33
1	—	505	225.00	225.00
1	—	700	172.00	172.00
1	—	575	212.00	212.00
3	—	413	245.00	245.00
2	—	670	180.00–182.00	180.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,212.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	713.00–973.00	852.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,259	100.00–105.00	102.20
5	—	1,073	87.00–91.00	89.33
9	—	1,116	93.00–97.00	95.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,855	94.00–96.00	94.96
2	—	1,438	104.00–105.00	104.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	70.00	70.00
7	—	1,049	76.00–81.00	78.39
5	—	990	82.00–86.00	83.81

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Valley Livestock - Moulton, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle