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Moulton Stockyards

Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, May 15

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987

← Apr 17May 15Jun 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

101 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 147▼ 81 vs year ago 182 · −44.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 13▼ 12 vs year ago 26 · −46.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.99/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −127.91 against this barn's trailing median of $375.90.

Average price

$247.99

14 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,336

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$12.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.16

vs AL average

−22.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	253.52	1,369	8thin
Medium and Large 2	537	240.63	1,292	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.89/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

247.99

—

AL average13 barns · 317 hd

246.84

+1.16

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−22.01

This barn, trailing median31 sales

375.90

−127.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $416.76, low $297.50, median $375.90 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	Low	1,813	145.50	2,637	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	133.01	1,726	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,265	133.00	1,682	1thin

Every lot

25 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	311	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	939	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,295	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,435	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,452	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,625	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	274.37/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,270	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	242.46/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,246	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	253.52/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,369	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	236.96/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,381	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,495	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,537	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,273	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	292.41/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,199	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	282.51/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,365	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	292.51/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,427	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	273.46/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,408	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,405	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,275	1
Bulls	—	—	2,000	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	3,020	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,265	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,682	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	133.01/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,726	3

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Valley Livestock - Moulton, AL

Wed May 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 101Last week 147Year ago 182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 13Year ago 26

No trends available

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	140.00	140.00
1	—	2,000	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,298	132.00–135.00	133.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	133.00	133.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	488	290.00–295.00	292.51
2	500–550	515	272.00–275.00	273.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	410	285.00–300.00	292.41
2	450–500	483	280.00–285.00	282.51
1	500–550	530	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	514	240.00–245.00	242.46
2	550–600	583	234.00–240.00	236.96
4	600–650	620	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	725	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	335.00	335.00
5	450–500	463	272.00–275.00	274.37
8	500–550	540	250.00–254.00	253.52
3	600–650	603	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	411	315.00	315.00
4	450–500	475	302.00	302.00
8	500–550	506	287.00	287.00
4	600–650	620	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	650	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	302.00	302.00

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.