Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter cows no trends available. Feeder bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 9.00 lower, feeder steers to few to trend. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $251.66/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$251.66

47 head · 457 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,151

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

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

$42.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.73

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	385	284.36	1,095	5thin
Medium and Large 2	445	258.27	1,149	15thin
Medium and Large 3	478	241.93	1,156	27

One grade step is worth $42.43/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale47 hd

251.66

—

AL average14 barns · 1,931 hd

252.39

−0.73

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	—	Average	1,948	121.50	2,366	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	105.00	1,706	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,323	101.00	1,336	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,150	82.52	949	4thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,275	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,200	2thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	735	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	469	261.87/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,228	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	367	288.18/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,058	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	277.27/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	929	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	489	243.17/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,189	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	274.97/cwt	270.00–280.00	907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,049	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	266.52/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,117	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,198	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	180.66/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	265.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	976	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	258.29/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,080	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	304.85/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	512	251.45/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,287	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	566	238.79/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,352	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,082	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	307.43/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,122	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Bulls	—	—	2,220	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,819	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,943	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,038	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,706	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	92.11/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,036	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,733	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,586	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	72.93/cwt	70.00–75.00	857	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 Feb 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 169Last week 78Year ago 148

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 3Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	280.00	280.00
1	—	660	215.00	215.00
1	—	735	205.00	205.00
9	—	469	260.00–265.00	261.87
3	—	367	285.00–295.00	288.18
7	—	512	245.00–255.00	251.45
4	—	566	235.00–240.00	238.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	225.00	225.00
1	—	570	255.00	255.00
2	—	338	320.00	320.00
1	—	405	290.00	290.00
2	—	365	305.00–310.00	307.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	300.00–310.00	304.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	275.00–280.00	277.27
2	—	315	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	489	240.00–245.00	243.17
6	—	330	270.00–280.00	274.97
1	—	270	280.00	280.00
1	—	790	160.00	160.00
3	—	720	180.00–181.00	180.66
2	—	368	260.00–270.00	265.10
3	—	418	255.00–260.00	258.29
1	—	540	230.00	230.00
2	—	630	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	276.00	276.00
4	—	419	265.00–267.00	266.52
7	—	479	250.00	250.00
1	—	505	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	242.00	242.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,220	127.00	127.00
1	—	1,675	116.00	116.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,650	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,455	109.00	109.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	105.00	105.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	91.00–93.00	92.11
2	—	1,175	70.00–75.00	72.93

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