Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2023-11-01

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Nov 1
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
29 vs last sale 195 206 vs year ago 372 · 55.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
10 vs last sale 33 15 vs year ago 58 · 25.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
7 vs last sale 16 34 vs year ago 43 · 79.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady to firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.44/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$190.44
39 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,016
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.86
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2500196.1598018thin
Medium and Large 1577191.851,10713thin
Medium and Large 3540175.289478thin
One grade step is worth $20.87/cwt here — about $33 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 sale39 hd
190.44
AL average14 barns · 1,121 hd
201.29
−10.86
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
BullsAverage1,928111.182,1442thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25787.881,10516
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00470.0070317

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,2002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$9923thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$8001thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
BullsMedium and Large 2524205.81/cwt205.00–207.001,0785
BullsMedium and Large 1410235.00/cwt235.00–235.009641
BullsMedium and Large 2400225.00/cwt225.00–225.009001
BullsMedium and Large 2750145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0881
BullsMedium and Large 3520200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 2470217.76/cwt217.00–218.001,0234
SteersMedium and Large 3400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
HeifersMedium and Large 3617155.42/cwt153.00–160.009593
HeifersMedium and Large 2570184.02/cwt182.00–186.001,0492
SteersMedium and Large 2420241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,0124
HeifersMedium and Large 1655179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1723
HeifersMedium and Large 2395220.00/cwt220.00–220.008691
HeifersMedium and Large 3475190.00/cwt190.00–190.009031
HeifersMedium and Large 1790152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,2052
HeifersMedium and Large 1640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1523
HeifersMedium and Large 3420202.00/cwt202.00–202.008482
SteersMedium and Large 1627222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,3953
SteersMedium and Large 2518227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1762
HeifersMedium and Large 2462202.46/cwt200.00–205.009358
HeifersMedium and Large 2415217.00/cwt217.00–217.009011
HeifersMedium and Large 3790132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0431
HeifersMedium and Large 2633170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0762
HeifersMedium and Large 2520191.51/cwt190.00–192.009964
HeifersMedium and Large 3365210.00/cwt210.00–210.007671
BullsMedium and Large 3765135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0331
BullsMedium and Large 3473212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0033
BullsMedium and Large 3677168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1375
BullsMedium and Large 3321228.43/cwt227.00–230.007336
BullsMedium and Large 3433215.00/cwt215.00–215.009312
HeifersMedium and Large 1407222.40/cwt222.00–222.509055
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 3991.67/head900.00–1,075.009923
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27389.37/cwt87.00–92.001,1388
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33393.28/cwt93.00–94.001,2433
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18682.25/cwt81.00–84.009755
CowsLean 85-90%1,05276.37/cwt74.00–79.008037
Bulls1,928111.18/cwt109.00–113.002,1442
CowsLean 85-90%92562.56/cwt60.00–65.005796
CowsLean 85-90%1,03970.00/cwt68.00–71.007274

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.