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Moulton Stockyards

Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Jun 12

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987

← May 15Jun 12Jul 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

148 head

▲ 47 vs last sale 101▼ 35 vs year ago 183 · −19.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 14▼ 33 vs year ago 37 · −89.2%

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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 $249.88/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −126.02 against this barn's trailing median of $375.90.

Average price

$249.88

10 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

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

$19.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.04

vs AL average

−15.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	255.69	1,328	7thin
Medium and Large 2	555	236.33	1,312	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.35/cwt here — about $16 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale10 hd

249.88

—

AL average14 barns · 363 hd

251.92

−2.04

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

−15.49

This barn, trailing median31 sales

375.90

−126.02

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	140.00	1,820	1thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,450	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	235	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	811	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	938	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	269.23/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,142	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	258.30/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,317	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,280	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,375	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	237.68/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,452	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,438	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	223	347.58/cwt	345.00–350.00	775	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	988	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,240	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,307	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	288.34/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,257	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	282.51/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,280	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	268.75/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,260	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,377	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,454	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,421	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,820	1

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 Jun 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 148Last week 101Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 14Year ago 37

No Trends available

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	140.00	140.00

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	370	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	415	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	453	280.00–285.00	282.51
1	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	570	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	345.00–350.00	347.58
1	250–300	295	335.00	335.00
1	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
6	400–450	436	280.00–290.00	288.34
4	450–500	469	265.00–270.00	268.75
1	500–550	500	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	618	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	345.00	345.00
1	250–300	280	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
6	500–550	510	255.00–265.00	258.30
1	550–600	575	240.00	240.00
6	600–650	611	237.00–239.00	237.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	424	267.00–270.00	269.23
1	450–500	460	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	540	237.00	237.00
1	550–600	585	235.00	235.00
3	600–650	628	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	290.00	290.00

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.