Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.74/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −141.36 against this barn's trailing median of $389.10.

Average price

$247.74

45 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,374

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$26.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.56

vs AL average

−28.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	260.50	1,412	21
Medium and Large 2	557	241.45	1,345	9thin
Medium and Large 3	571	233.66	1,334	15thin

One grade step is worth $26.84/cwt here — about $78 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 sale45 hd

247.74

—

AL average15 barns · 375 hd

255.31

−7.56

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−28.43

This barn, trailing median26 sales

389.10

−141.36

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	1,885	131.00	2,469	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	120.00	1,530	1thin

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)	—	$1,350	2thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	2,040	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,754	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,530	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	345.27/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	300.20/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	619	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,374	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	332.36/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,230	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	278.38/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,331	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,610	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	270.64/cwt	267.00–271.00	1,302	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,768	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,593	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,504	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	276.63/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,203	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	321.88/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,213	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	317.43/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	304.84/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	484	252.90/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,224	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	267.52/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,351	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	237.46/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	241.45/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,345	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	653	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,412	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,758	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	571	233.66/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,334	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,517	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,350.00/head	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,350	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 Mar 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 112Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 10Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 7Year ago 14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,040	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,730	127.00	127.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	120.00	120.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	340.00–350.00	345.27
1	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	330.00–335.00	332.36
2	400–450	428	315.00–320.00	317.43
2	450–500	470	300.00–310.00	304.84
1	500–550	515	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	340.00	340.00
1	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
4	350–400	377	320.00–322.50	321.88
2	500–550	505	265.00–270.00	267.52
1	550–600	595	255.00	255.00
2	600–650	625	235.00–240.00	237.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
5	450–500	478	278.00–279.00	278.38
21	500–550	542	260.50	260.50
8	750–800	772	208.50	208.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	380	295.00–305.00	300.20
1	400–450	415	285.00	285.00
11	450–500	481	267.00–271.00	270.64
9	550–600	557	240.00–242.00	241.45
1	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	280.00	280.00
3	400–450	435	270.00–280.00	276.63
6	450–500	484	252.50–255.00	252.90
15	550–600	571	233.00–235.00	233.66
6	600–650	619	222.00	222.00
3	650–700	653	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	650–700	667	225.50	225.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	558	285.50	285.50
32	650–700	692	254.00	254.00
17	750–800	767	230.50	230.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,350.00

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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Moulton Stockyards

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