Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $257.50/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −152.18 against this barn's trailing median of $409.68.

Average price

$257.50

8 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,419

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$8.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.13

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	265.00	1,524	1thin
Medium and Large 2	548	256.43	1,404	7thin

One grade step is worth $8.57/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale8 hd

257.50

—

AL average16 barns · 317 hd

268.63

−11.13

This barn, trailing median27 sales

409.68

−152.18

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,422	130.31	1,853	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,330	120.00	1,596	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,725	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,675	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,425	1thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	130.31/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,853	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,145	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,059	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	274.73/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,124	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	277.23/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,345	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,410	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	282.17/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,315	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	256.52/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,203	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	265.62/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,278	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	310.69/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,025	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	266.02/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,101	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,283	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,675.00/head	1,625.00–1,725.00	1,675	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,725.00/head	1,675.00–1,825.00	1,725	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 Jul 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 182Last week 147Year ago 170

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 15Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 5Year ago 22

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,422	129.00–132.00	130.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	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
1	300–350	325	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	355	320.00–325.00	322.50
1	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
7	450–500	466	280.00–285.00	282.17
1	550–600	575	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	355	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	435	295.00	295.00
10	450–500	485	270.00–278.00	277.23
1	500–550	515	265.00	265.00
6	550–600	553	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	600	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	310.00–312.00	310.69
2	350–400	365	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	415	265.00–267.00	266.02
4	450–500	469	255.00–257.00	256.52
1	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	625	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	383	305.00	305.00
7	400–450	409	270.00–278.00	274.73
8	450–500	481	265.00–267.00	265.62

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,625.00–1,725.00	1,675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,675.00–1,825.00	1,725.00

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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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

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