Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2024-02-14

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Feb 14
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
202 vs last sale 280 78 vs year ago 156 · 50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
9 vs last sale 12 14 vs year ago 17 · 82.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter bulls sold steady. All feeder classes sold sharply higher. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $267.79/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$267.79
38 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,216
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$143
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.83
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2425270.071,14912thin
Medium and Large 3393268.361,0555thin
Medium and Large 1485266.361,29221
One grade step is worth $3.71/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale38 hd
267.79
AL average13 barns · 1,267 hd
254.96
+12.83
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,945127.502,4802thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2370285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 1425284.86/cwt282.00–290.001,2116
HeifersMedium and Large 2270305.00/cwt305.00–305.008242
HeifersMedium and Large 2320290.00/cwt290.00–290.009281
BullsMedium and Large 1430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2901
BullsMedium and Large 1475295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4011
BullsMedium and Large 2555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3881
BullsMedium and Large 2445295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 1513257.94/cwt253.00–260.001,32310
HeifersMedium and Large 1610232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4182
SteersMedium and Large 2563265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4923
SteersMedium and Large 2450285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2831
SteersMedium and Large 2675232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5661
SteersMedium and Large 3685225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5411
BullsMedium and Large 3628231.03/cwt230.00–232.001,4512
BullsMedium and Large 3345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
HeifersMedium and Large 3470255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1991
HeifersMedium and Large 3428260.98/cwt260.00–262.001,1172
SteersMedium and Large 1571278.51/cwt275.00–281.001,5905
SteersMedium and Large 1701244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7105
HeifersMedium and Large 1385300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1551
HeifersMedium and Large 1450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2152
HeifersMedium and Large 2462259.24/cwt257.00–260.001,1984
HeifersMedium and Large 2423273.42/cwt272.00–275.001,1572
HeifersMedium and Large 2590236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3922
HeifersMedium and Large 3320282.42/cwt280.00–285.009042
Bulls1,815124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,2511
Bulls2,075131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,7181

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.