Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2020-01-15

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Jan 15
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
350 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 395▲ 350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 32▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 24▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand on feeders good. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.87/cwt on 129 head.
Average price
$122.87
129 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$234
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.39
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2467129.2860319thin
Medium and Large 3401128.9451713thin
Medium and Large 1517127.9666220
Medium and Large 1-2704118.9583777
One grade step is worth $10.33/cwt here — about −$234 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale129 hd
122.87
—
AL average15 barns · 1,917 hd
134.26
−11.39
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,79573.001,3101thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27543.005481thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95737.053553thin

Every lot

67 lots · USDA AMS · Valley Livestock - Moulton, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1240200.00/cwt200.00–200.004801
Steers—Medium and Large 1305190.00/cwt190.00–190.005801
Steers—Medium and Large 3315167.00/cwt167.00–167.005261
Steers—Medium and Large 1455162.00/cwt162.00–162.007371
Steers—Medium and Large 3505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508155.00/cwt155.00–155.007875
Steers—Medium and Large 2524142.93/cwt140.00–145.007495
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616132.00/cwt132.00–132.008137
Steers—Medium and Large 2690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added697130.50/cwt130.50–130.5091018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added755126.00/cwt126.00–126.009514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added841125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,05124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added988105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0377
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235165.00/cwt165.00–165.003881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315162.00/cwt162.00–162.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335136.00/cwt135.00–137.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374132.70/cwt130.00–135.004965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382139.36/cwt137.00–142.005325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385144.00/cwt144.00–144.005541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418140.87/cwt137.00–144.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418128.29/cwt125.00–130.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423133.42/cwt130.00–137.005644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468128.23/cwt127.00–130.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473118.61/cwt115.00–122.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478131.62/cwt130.00–135.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514132.00/cwt132.00–132.0067811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528124.95/cwt123.00–127.006605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560121.00/cwt120.00–122.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570114.96/cwt113.00–117.006552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618108.98/cwt108.00–110.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620114.24/cwt112.00–115.007084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624123.49/cwt119.00–126.0077123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720112.00/cwt112.00–112.008061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731119.50/cwt119.50–119.5087427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added903102.50/cwt102.50–102.5092616
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2215185.00/cwt185.00–185.003981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285172.00/cwt172.00–172.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1290183.50/cwt182.00–185.005322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308177.00/cwt177.00–177.005452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325166.00/cwt165.00–167.005402
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330157.00/cwt157.00–157.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368153.47/cwt152.00–155.005652
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388158.46/cwt157.00–162.006154
Bulls—Medium and Large 3416147.71/cwt145.00–150.006144
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424154.27/cwt152.00–157.006547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428159.43/cwt157.00–162.006822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473142.79/cwt140.00–145.006757
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475136.93/cwt135.00–140.006506
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523129.50/cwt129.00–130.006772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528134.46/cwt132.00–137.007106
Bulls—Medium and Large 3645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710112.00/cwt112.00–112.007951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730117.00/cwt117.00–117.008541
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,79573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,3101
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94339.08/cwt38.00–40.003692
Cows—Lean 85-90%98533.00/cwt33.00–33.003251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27543.00/cwt43.00–43.005481
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 3743292.46/cwt290.00–295.002,1732
Bred Cows—Small 1-2871445.78/cwt370.00–500.003,8834
Bred Cows—Small 1-2898623.84/cwt510.00–700.005,6024
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,085430.00/cwt430.00–430.004,6661
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,088670.60/cwt550.00–725.007,2963
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,175450.00/cwt450.00–450.005,2881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,180842.53/cwt775.00–900.009,9424
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-29551,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,5502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1941,169.85/cwt1,150.00–1,175.0013,9685

This sale against other markets

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.