Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.03/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −140.08 against this barn's trailing median of $389.10.

Average price

$249.03

7 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$24.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.71

vs AL average

−15.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	265.10	1,352	2thin
Medium and Large 2	540	250.00	1,350	1thin
Medium and Large 3	535	240.75	1,288	4thin

One grade step is worth $24.35/cwt here — about $64 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 sale7 hd

249.03

—

AL average13 barns · 355 hd

242.31

+6.71

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−15.49

This barn, trailing median26 sales

389.10

−140.08

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	2,070	151.00	3,126	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,127	122.24	1,377	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,042	110.02	1,147	7thin

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,988	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,750	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,400	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,229	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,664	7

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	—	—	2,020	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,990	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	113.86/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,156	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	107.14/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,139	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	202.52/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	243.33/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,265	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	587	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	950	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,659	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	226.24/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,373	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,376	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	265.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	294.20/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,236	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	271.21/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,248	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	295.69/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,271	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	125.48/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,453	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,303	2
Bulls	—	—	2,120	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	3,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	287.52/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,525.00/head	1,250.00–1,800.00	1,525	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,272.73/head	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,273	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,400.00/head	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,750.00/head	1,600.00–2,100.00	1,750	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,133.33/head	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,133	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,987.50/head	1,800.00–2,300.00	1,988	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,850.00/head	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,850	3

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 Apr 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 291Year ago 124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 6Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 85Last week 3Year ago 13

No trends available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,020	148.00	148.00
1	—	2,120	154.00	154.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,015	112.00–115.00	113.86
4	—	1,063	105.00–110.00	107.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	124.00–127.00	125.48
2	—	1,095	118.00–120.00	118.99

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	310.00	310.00
5	300–350	320	297.00	297.00
2	350–400	368	285.00–290.00	287.52
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00
9	450–500	460	260.00–290.00	271.21
3	500–550	520	240.00–245.00	243.33
1	550–600	580	233.00	233.00
2	650–700	665	200.00–205.00	202.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	420	290.00–295.00	294.20
1	500–550	540	250.00	250.00
8	600–650	607	225.00–230.00	226.24
1	650–700	655	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	510	260.00–270.00	265.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	302.50	302.50
5	650–700	677	245.00	245.00
2	700–750	713	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	587	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	410	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	430	292.00–300.00	295.69
1	450–500	470	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	530	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	215.00	215.00

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	4	—	—	1,250.00–1,800.00	1,525.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,272.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	—	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,133.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,600.00–2,100.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	1,800.00–2,300.00	1,987.50

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

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