Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market being closed for holiday.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $263.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −146.34 against this barn's trailing median of $409.68.

Average price

$263.33

3 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.99

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	263.33	1,378	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $446.47, low $340.41, median $409.68 across 27 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 sale3 hd

263.33

—

AL average16 barns · 315 hd

267.33

−3.99

This barn, trailing median27 sales

409.68

−146.34

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	1,993	163.04	3,250	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	136.75	1,656	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,300	135.00	1,755	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,425	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	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	322.43/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,316	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	288.25/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,352	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	279.66/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,306	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	241.52/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,505	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	262.28/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,251	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,224	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	301.75/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,252	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	319.53/cwt	319.00–320.00	1,150	11
Bulls	—	—	2,070	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	3,209	1
Bulls	—	—	1,955	167.06/cwt	166.00–168.00	3,266	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	136.82/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,650	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,843	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,522	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 Jul 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 166Last week 148Year ago 235

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 4Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 0Year ago 21

No trends available due to market being closed for holiday.

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	350	325.00	325.00
7	400–450	408	322.00–325.00	322.43
8	450–500	469	288.00–290.00	288.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	360	319.00–320.00	319.53
3	400–450	415	300.00–305.00	301.75
3	450–500	467	277.00–285.00	279.66
2	500–550	505	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	325.00	325.00
2	300–350	343	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	477	260.00–267.00	262.28
1	500–550	500	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	565	252.00	252.00
8	600–650	623	240.00–242.00	241.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	500	283.00	283.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,425.00	2,425.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	135.00	135.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,206	135.00–138.00	136.82
1	—	1,280	144.00	144.00
1	—	1,180	129.00	129.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,070	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,955	166.00–168.00	167.06

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

Bulls · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle