Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.31/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −79.79 against this barn's trailing median of $389.10.

Average price

$309.31

31 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$11.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.75

vs AL average

−20.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	316.12	1,732	13thin
Medium and Large 2	555	304.39	1,689	18thin

One grade step is worth $11.73/cwt here — about $44 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

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 sale31 hd

309.31

—

AL average12 barns · 394 hd

308.56

+0.75

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−20.03

This barn, trailing median26 sales

389.10

−79.79

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	—	High	1,724	178.38	3,075	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,377	152.41	2,099	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	151.06	1,840	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,122	138.20	1,551	3thin

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)	—	$2,933	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,750	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,750	15
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,475	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,334	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,800	10

Every lot, as filed

58 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	400–450	411	389.51/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,601	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	418.87/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,529	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	320.04/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	290.66/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,994	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	338.99/cwt	335.00–342.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	366.26/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,176	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	354.98/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,335	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,950	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	346.95/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	295.35/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	357.54/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	388.68/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,458	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	354.95/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,665	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	310.06/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	281.72/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,783	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	327.10/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	309.75/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	318.73/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	361.65/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,515	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	328.31/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,517	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	309.45/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,649	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	298.07/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,735	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	338.80/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,453	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	141.43/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,525	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	156.86/cwt	153.00–163.00	2,008	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	149.25/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,806	14
Bulls	—	—	2,130	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	4,154	1
Bulls	—	—	1,900	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,496	1
Bulls	—	—	1,530	170.97/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,616	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,933.33/head	2,850.00–3,100.00	2,933	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,475.00/head	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,475	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,587.50/head	3,450.00–3,725.00	3,588	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,695.45/head	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,695	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,375.00/head	3,350.00–3,400.00	3,375	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,187.50/head	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,188	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,875.00/head	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,875	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	2,750.00/head	2,600.00–2,850.00	2,750	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	273.05/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,838	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	295.91/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,832	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	328.41/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,570	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	138.20/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,551	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	149.62/cwt	148.00–151.00	2,107	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	563	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	373.63/cwt	365.00–377.00	1,367	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	336.50/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,884	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,126	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,054	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	307.47/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	383.13/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	318.97/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	355.99/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,534	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	379.76/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	702	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,043	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	392.57/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,032	2

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 300Last week 330Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 62Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	450.00	450.00
4	350–400	365	410.00–430.00	418.87
11	400–450	411	380.00–400.00	389.51
3	450–500	468	335.00–342.00	338.99
8	500–550	529	315.00–335.00	327.10
3	550–600	568	318.00–322.00	320.04
2	600–650	628	305.00–310.00	307.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	385.00–395.00	388.68
7	400–450	419	350.00–370.00	361.65
6	450–500	478	325.00–330.00	328.41
2	500–550	535	317.50–320.00	318.73
3	550–600	582	305.00–315.00	310.06
4	600–650	619	292.00–300.00	295.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	390.00–395.00	392.57
4	300–350	311	380.00–385.00	383.13
7	350–400	366	365.00–377.00	373.63
16	400–450	431	350.00–365.00	355.99
5	450–500	482	345.00–350.00	346.95
5	500–550	522	315.00–325.00	318.97
5	550–600	565	305.00–312.00	309.75
5	600–650	618	290.00–300.00	295.35
10	650–700	686	285.00–292.00	290.66
7	700–750	704	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	360.00–370.00	366.26
6	350–400	376	350.00–360.00	354.98
9	400–450	429	330.00–345.00	338.80
9	450–500	462	320.00–340.00	328.31
10	500–550	533	305.00–317.50	309.45
8	550–600	582	295.00–305.00	298.07
6	600–650	633	275.00–285.00	281.72
5	650–700	673	270.00–275.00	273.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	563	322.00	322.00
8	700–750	702	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	375.00–385.00	379.76
2	500–550	528	355.00–360.00	357.54
10	550–600	560	335.00–345.00	336.50
2	600–650	628	327.00	327.00
8	650–700	654	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	469	350.00–360.00	354.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	140.00–143.00	141.43
11	—	1,280	153.00–163.00	156.86
14	—	1,210	143.00–152.00	149.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,122	135.00–141.00	138.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	148.00–151.00	149.62
1	—	1,315	158.00	158.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,130	195.00	195.00
1	—	1,900	184.00	184.00
3	—	1,530	169.00–173.00	170.97

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	2,850.00–3,100.00	2,933.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,695.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,450.00–3,725.00	3,587.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,350.00–3,400.00	3,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,187.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	2,600.00–2,850.00	2,750.00

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

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle