Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady. All feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady. Market lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.50/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −131.60 against this barn's trailing median of $389.10.

Average price

$257.50

2 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,448

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.24

vs AL average

−14.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	270.00	1,539	1thin
Medium and Large 2	555	245.00	1,360	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $179 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.76, low $338.01, median $389.10 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

257.50

—

AL average13 barns · 295 hd

250.26

+7.24

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−14.41

This barn, trailing median26 sales

389.10

−131.60

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	1,445	119.70	1,730	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	110.00	1,513	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,074	94.67	1,016	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,370	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,313	2thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,403	117.05/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,642	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,513	1
Bulls	—	—	1,530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,913	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	988	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	325	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	285.20/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,070	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	591	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,418	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,177	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	296.76/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,237	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	323.24/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,206	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	291.73/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,205	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	274.99/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,279	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,462	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	332.39/cwt	330.00–335.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,557	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,343	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	491	276.26/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,356	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,312.50/head	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,313	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,370.00/head	1,370.00–1,370.00	1,370	1

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 Mar 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 112Last week 137Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 27Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 98Year ago 14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	114.00–120.00	117.05
1	—	1,530	125.00	125.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	110.00	110.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	99.00	99.00
1	—	1,225	86.00	86.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	305.00	305.00
4	450–500	491	275.00–280.00	276.26
5	500–550	538	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	591	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	417	295.00–300.00	296.76
1	450–500	455	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	320.00–325.00	323.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	390	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	430	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	635	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	280.00–290.00	285.20
4	400–450	436	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	555	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	665	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	330.00–335.00	332.39
1	300–350	335	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	413	285.00–295.00	291.73
6	450–500	465	270.00–280.00	274.99
7	650–700	660	221.50	221.50
11	700–750	736	211.50	211.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	455	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	290.00	290.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,312.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,370.00	1,370.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Valley Livestock - Moulton, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle