Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2021-02-10

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Feb 10
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
261 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 188▲ 124 vs year ago 137 · +90.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 25▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 11▲ 21 vs year ago 13 · +161.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers sold sharply lower, market lightly tested. Feeder bulls sold sharply lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade active with moderate demand of feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.64/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −74.94 against this barn's trailing median of $207.59.
Average price
$132.64
73 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$217
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$13.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.53
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3433135.5258736
Medium and Large 2511132.1167429
Medium and Large 1661121.638048thin
One grade step is worth $13.89/cwt here — about −$217 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 sale73 hd
132.64
—
AL average16 barns · 1,081 hd
133.17
−0.53
This barn, trailing median1 sales
207.59
−74.94
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—Low1,72984.611,4639thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26060.507624thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low99759.375926thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05248.015054thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375173.46/cwt172.00–175.006502
Steers—Medium and Large 1440167.00/cwt167.00–167.007351
Steers—Medium and Large 3450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 1560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
Steers—Medium and Large 1609137.54/cwt132.00–141.008387
Steers—Medium and Large 2614120.00/cwt119.00–122.007374
Steers—Medium and Large 1675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
Steers—Medium and Large 1829111.64/cwt111.00–115.009256
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 3369131.17/cwt130.00–132.004847
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380136.23/cwt135.00–137.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415132.31/cwt130.00–135.005493
Heifers—Medium and Large 3436122.39/cwt117.00–125.005345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460124.98/cwt122.00–127.005753
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460112.00/cwt112.00–112.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478132.00/cwt132.00–132.006312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520128.46/cwt124.00–130.006684
Heifers—Medium and Large 3522111.21/cwt110.00–112.005815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529118.79/cwt115.00–122.006285
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618111.00/cwt110.00–112.006862
Heifers—Medium and Large 3618106.35/cwt105.00–107.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620122.00/cwt122.00–122.007563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685111.00/cwt111.00–111.007601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713107.00/cwt107.00–107.007632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325152.64/cwt150.00–155.0049613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 3380143.31/cwt140.00–145.005453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422144.84/cwt140.00–150.0061111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423133.71/cwt130.00–137.005666
Bulls—Medium and Large 2462134.01/cwt132.00–135.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477125.32/cwt124.00–127.005983
Bulls—Medium and Large 3512122.01/cwt120.00–125.006255
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523130.97/cwt130.00–132.006852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558122.63/cwt120.00–126.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580117.00/cwt117.00–117.006792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633117.12/cwt115.00–120.007419
Bulls—Medium and Large 3635110.51/cwt110.00–112.007024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1654119.34/cwt118.00–122.007803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1714113.33/cwt110.00–115.008093
Bulls—Medium and Large 1810105.00/cwt105.00–105.008511
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56378.00/cwt76.00–79.001,2193
Bulls——1,71882.96/cwt82.00–85.001,4253
Bulls——1,90592.87/cwt90.00–95.001,7693
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%95853.55/cwt53.00–54.005132
Cows—Boner 80-85%96057.00/cwt57.00–57.005471
Cows—Lean 85-90%99847.01/cwt46.00–48.004693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03564.03/cwt63.00–65.006633
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,15552.00/cwt52.00–52.006011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,18061.00/cwt61.00–61.007201
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21551.00/cwt51.00–51.006201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35364.49/cwt63.00–66.008732
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,0751,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.0010,9654
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3965870.00/cwt870.00–870.008,3961
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,145811.51/cwt790.00–840.009,2922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5901,143.21/cwt1,080.00–1,200.0018,1772

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.