Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2024-01-24

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Jan 24
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
50 vs last sale 99 94 vs year ago 143 · 65.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
13 vs last sale 22 34 vs year ago 43 · 79.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
7 vs last sale 10 43 vs year ago 46 · 93.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $207.70/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$207.70
27 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$325
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$10.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.80
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3465216.001,0044thin
Medium and Large 2549206.561,13516thin
Medium and Large 1647205.571,3297thin
One grade step is worth $10.43/cwt here — about −$325 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 sale27 hd
207.70
AL average15 barns · 1,532 hd
229.50
−21.80
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
BullsAverage1,970116.002,2851thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18588.001,0432thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07867.867325thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)$8501thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,17071.04/cwt70.00–72.008312
CowsLean 85-90%1,01765.74/cwt63.00–68.006693
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17085.00/cwt85.00–85.009951
HeifersMedium and Large 1625202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2631
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bulls1,970116.00/cwt116.00–116.002,2851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0921
BullsMedium and Large 1325292.00/cwt292.00–292.009491
BullsMedium and Large 2428256.37/cwt255.00–257.001,0973
BullsMedium and Large 1450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1481
BullsMedium and Large 3525225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1811
HeifersMedium and Large 2613191.73/cwt190.00–197.001,1754
HeifersMedium and Large 3360232.00/cwt232.00–232.008351
HeifersMedium and Large 2568205.33/cwt202.00–207.001,1663
HeifersMedium and Large 3530205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0872
HeifersMedium and Large 3440222.00/cwt222.00–222.009771
HeifersMedium and Large 2515213.56/cwt212.00–214.001,1009
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy689202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3954
SteersMedium and Large 1600242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4521
HeifersMedium and Large 1573213.51/cwt212.00–215.001,2232

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.