Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2021-04-21

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Apr 21
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 254▲ 354 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 36▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 29▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower, feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on 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 $135.46/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −72.13 against this barn's trailing median of $207.59.
Average price
$135.46
84 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.98
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2508137.3069731
Medium and Large 1565135.1776423
Medium and Large 3474133.7863430
One grade step is worth $3.52/cwt here — about $63 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 sale84 hd
135.46
—
AL average15 barns · 1,273 hd
136.44
−0.98
This barn, trailing median1 sales
207.59
−72.13
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—High1,80691.251,6484thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,21063.927733thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13160.526854thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89445.6640815

Every lot

65 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3358159.52/cwt157.00–162.005712
Steers—Medium and Large 1410171.00/cwt171.00–171.007015
Steers—Medium and Large 2425167.00/cwt167.00–167.007101
Steers—Medium and Large 2479153.80/cwt150.00–157.007375
Steers—Medium and Large 3490142.00/cwt142.00–142.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1513153.00/cwt153.00–153.007853
Steers—Medium and Large 2515147.00/cwt147.00–147.007571
Steers—Medium and Large 1562145.00/cwt145.00–145.008155
Steers—Medium and Large 3568127.00/cwt127.00–127.007212
Steers—Medium and Large 2583132.50/cwt132.00–133.007722
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added610143.50/cwt143.50–143.5087510
Steers—Medium and Large 3628114.64/cwt112.00–117.007203
Steers—Medium and Large 1700117.00/cwt117.00–117.008191
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added732128.50/cwt128.50–128.5094110
Steers—Medium and Large 1785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008641
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added980108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0583
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419135.57/cwt130.00–138.005684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431144.19/cwt140.00–145.0062112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461132.26/cwt130.00–136.006107
Heifers—Medium and Large 3464126.16/cwt125.00–127.0058512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523124.51/cwt122.00–127.006512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530116.20/cwt115.00–117.006165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567126.86/cwt122.00–130.0071914
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570115.00/cwt115.00–115.006562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2579119.40/cwt117.00–121.0069113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620119.46/cwt117.00–122.007412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620105.00/cwt105.00–105.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653114.00/cwt114.00–114.007445
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360162.53/cwt160.00–165.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 3372153.78/cwt152.00–157.005726
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418142.22/cwt140.00–147.005944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419154.34/cwt152.00–157.006477
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440160.00/cwt160.00–160.007041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1461151.83/cwt150.00–157.007006
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470141.96/cwt139.00–147.006673
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477131.15/cwt130.00–135.006266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1509142.00/cwt142.00–142.007235
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523132.44/cwt130.00–137.006937
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528124.00/cwt120.00–127.006557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553133.51/cwt132.00–135.007382
Bulls—Medium and Large 3560118.98/cwt115.00–120.006665
Bulls—Medium and Large 2583125.26/cwt125.00–127.0073011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620124.01/cwt122.00–125.007693
Bulls—Medium and Large 3645112.00/cwt112.00–112.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673120.97/cwt120.00–122.008142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715116.51/cwt116.00–117.008332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1753107.00/cwt107.00–107.008062
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3671
Bulls——1,87893.00/cwt92.00–94.001,7473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85442.61/cwt40.00–45.003649
Cows—Lean 85-90%92449.35/cwt48.00–51.004564
Cows—Boner 80-85%98557.00/cwt57.00–57.005611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01352.00/cwt52.00–52.005272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18061.69/cwt60.00–63.007283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21063.92/cwt63.00–65.007733
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3930832.50/cwt825.00–840.007,7422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,3251,076.98/cwt1,050.00–1,100.0014,2702
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,463819.95/cwt810.00–830.0011,9962
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6051,120.00/cwt1,120.00–1,120.0017,9761

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.