Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $266.77/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −142.90 against this barn's trailing median of $409.68.

Average price

$266.77

9 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,425

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

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

$17.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	272.66	1,434	6thin
Medium and Large 2	550	255.00	1,403	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.66/cwt here — about $31 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale9 hd

266.77

—

AL average14 barns · 280 hd

266.00

+0.77

This barn, trailing median27 sales

409.68

−142.90

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	1,767	147.68	2,610	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,412	135.56	1,913	4thin

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)	—	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	550–600	560	262.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	277.75/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,333	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	139.11/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,934	2
Bulls	—	—	1,767	147.68/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,610	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	991	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	252.52/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	266.63/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,226	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	283.32/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,394	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	322.44/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,364	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	237.65/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,490	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	314.79/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	292.87/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,239	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,128	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	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 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 166Year ago 167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 26Year ago 38

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 8Year ago 10

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cattle market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	315.00–330.00	322.44
4	500–550	509	277.00–280.00	277.75
2	550–600	560	260.00–265.00	262.48
7	600–650	627	235.00–242.00	237.65
2	650–700	678	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	325.00	325.00
2	350–400	358	305.00–325.00	314.79
2	400–450	423	280.00–305.00	292.87
3	450–500	492	280.00–285.00	283.32
1	500–550	525	265.00	265.00
2	550–600	563	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	525	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	275.00	275.00
3	450–500	460	265.00–270.00	266.63
4	500–550	515	250.00–255.00	252.52
1	600–650	620	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	136.00–142.00	139.11
2	—	1,433	130.00–134.00	132.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,767	145.00–150.00	147.68

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)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle