Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $215.55/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +14.34 against this barn's trailing median of $201.21.

Average price

$215.55

20 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$32.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.60

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	221.50	1,235	4thin
Medium and Large 2	552	219.85	1,214	13thin
Medium and Large 3	655	189.00	1,238	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale20 hd

215.55

—

AL average16 barns · 988 hd

216.15

−0.60

This barn, trailing median2 sales

201.21

+14.34

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	1,925	109.00	2,098	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,323	83.46	1,104	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	942	72.49	683	5thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	853	67.20/cwt	65.00–70.00	573	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	81.55/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,107	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,070	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	75.03/cwt	74.00–76.00	739	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	807	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,916	1
Bulls	—	—	2,025	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	2,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	232.56/cwt	230.00–235.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	725	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,293	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	173.53/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	202.95/cwt	200.00–205.00	956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	242.56/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,043	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,181	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	680	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,183	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	233.99/cwt	233.00–237.00	1,147	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 Jan 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 99Last week 71Year ago 362

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 18Year ago 52

No trends available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	853	65.00–70.00	67.20
2	—	985	74.00–76.00	75.03
1	—	1,035	78.00	78.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,357	80.00–83.00	81.55
1	—	1,150	93.00	93.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	105.00	105.00
1	—	2,025	113.00	113.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	230.00–235.00	232.56
3	—	557	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	210.00	210.00
5	—	471	200.00–205.00	202.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	172.00–175.00	173.53
2	—	590	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	204.00	204.00
1	—	470	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	225.00	225.00
6	—	640	202.00	202.00
2	—	430	240.00–245.00	242.56
4	—	490	233.00–237.00	233.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	177.00	177.00
1	—	560	205.00	205.00
1	—	680	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	232.00	232.00
1	—	700	190.00	190.00

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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