Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

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 $247.99/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −141.11 against this barn's trailing median of $389.10.

Average price

$247.99

14 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,336

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$12.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.16

vs AL average

−22.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	253.52	1,369	8thin
Medium and Large 2	537	240.63	1,292	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.89/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale14 hd

247.99

—

AL average13 barns · 317 hd

246.84

+1.16

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−22.01

This barn, trailing median26 sales

389.10

−141.11

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	1,813	145.50	2,637	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	133.01	1,726	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,265	133.00	1,682	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,275	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	133.01/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,726	3
Bulls	—	—	2,000	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	3,020	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	292.51/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,427	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	292.41/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	274.37/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,270	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,295	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,452	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	236.96/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	311	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	939	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	242.46/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,246	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	273.46/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	253.52/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,369	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	282.51/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,435	4

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 May 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 101Last week 147Year ago 182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 13Year ago 26

No trends available

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	140.00	140.00
1	—	2,000	151.00	151.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,298	132.00–135.00	133.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	133.00	133.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	488	290.00–295.00	292.51
2	500–550	515	272.00–275.00	273.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	410	285.00–300.00	292.41
2	450–500	483	280.00–285.00	282.51
1	500–550	530	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	514	240.00–245.00	242.46
2	550–600	583	234.00–240.00	236.96
4	600–650	620	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	725	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	335.00	335.00
5	450–500	463	272.00–275.00	274.37
8	500–550	540	250.00–254.00	253.52
3	600–650	603	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	411	315.00	315.00
4	450–500	475	302.00	302.00
8	500–550	506	287.00	287.00
4	600–650	620	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	650	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	302.00	302.00

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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