Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2021-10-13

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Oct 13
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
332 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 140▲ 332 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 24▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 28▲ 27 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 steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand. 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 $127.14/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −80.45 against this barn's trailing median of $207.59.
Average price
$127.14
93 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.22
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1599129.0377318thin
Medium and Large 3508126.7164347
Medium and Large 2557126.6570628
One grade step is worth $2.39/cwt here — about $67 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 sale93 hd
127.14
—
AL average15 barns · 1,615 hd
129.36
−2.22
This barn, trailing median1 sales
207.59
−80.45
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—Average1,61585.821,3863thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38855.4176910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18853.4563512
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03643.2644813

Every lot

53 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3518130.96/cwt127.00–135.006788
Steers—Medium and Large 2575135.00/cwt135.00–135.007761
Steers—Medium and Large 2624120.30/cwt120.00–122.007517
Steers—Medium and Large 2700112.00/cwt112.00–112.007841
Steers—Medium and Large 3735105.00/cwt105.00–105.007721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428118.14/cwt116.00–121.005067
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005643
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483114.60/cwt113.00–115.0055410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528113.50/cwt113.50–113.505993
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528110.27/cwt107.00–112.005828
Heifers—Medium and Large 3563104.77/cwt102.00–107.005904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580111.00/cwt111.00–111.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 360395.52/cwt91.00–100.005762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628105.51/cwt105.00–107.006634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2659102.98/cwt100.00–105.006794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677108.35/cwt107.00–109.007343
Heifers—Medium and Large 273090.00/cwt90.00–90.006571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740102.00/cwt102.00–102.007551
Heifers—Medium and Large 276087.00/cwt87.00–87.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 183592.76/cwt92.00–93.007754
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373143.45/cwt142.00–145.005352
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433136.76/cwt135.00–142.0059216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475147.00/cwt147.00–147.006981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479137.46/cwt136.00–142.0065811
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480129.38/cwt128.00–134.0062113
Bulls—Medium and Large 3509124.81/cwt120.00–127.006355
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529134.33/cwt134.00–135.007113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530137.74/cwt136.00–142.007305
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563132.41/cwt130.00–135.007457
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567123.99/cwt122.00–125.007033
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580118.03/cwt114.00–120.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 3610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618117.38/cwt117.00–120.007258
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 3685105.00/cwt105.00–105.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1695117.00/cwt117.00–117.008131
Bulls—Medium and Large 2723105.00/cwt105.00–105.007592
Bulls—Medium and Large 3737100.00/cwt100.00–100.007375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1822101.00/cwt101.00–101.008303
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0791
Bulls——1,77387.23/cwt85.00–89.001,5472
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02446.24/cwt43.00–48.004737
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05139.79/cwt39.00–41.004186
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18654.27/cwt52.00–56.006449
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19251.00/cwt51.00–51.006083
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36054.40/cwt54.00–55.007405
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41556.42/cwt56.00–57.007985
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2945750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,0881
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,055680.00/cwt680.00–680.007,1741
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,114896.09/cwt850.00–970.009,9824
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,143726.35/cwt710.00–760.008,3024

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.