Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2024-07-10

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Jul 10
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 148▼ 69 vs year ago 235 · −29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 4▼ 11 vs year ago 37 · −29.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▼ 13 vs year ago 21 · −61.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market being closed for holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $263.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −128.02 against this barn's trailing median of $391.35.
Average price
$263.33
3 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,378
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.99
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2523263.331,3783thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
263.33
—
AL average16 barns · 315 hd
267.33
−3.99
This barn, trailing median31 sales
391.35
−128.02
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
460410359309median 391.3503/1105/1307/1509/0910/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $446.47, low $322.98, median $391.35 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,993163.043,2503thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,211136.751,6569thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,300135.001,7551thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,4251thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,4153
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270325.00/cwt325.00–325.008781
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0802
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477262.28/cwt260.00–267.001,2513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2241
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4241
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623241.52/cwt240.00–242.001,5058
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360319.53/cwt319.00–320.001,15011
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408322.43/cwt322.00–325.001,3167
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415301.75/cwt300.00–305.001,2523
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2691
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467279.66/cwt277.00–285.001,3063
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469288.25/cwt288.00–290.001,3528
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,955167.06/cwt166.00–168.003,2662
Bulls——2,070155.00/cwt155.00–155.003,2091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206136.82/cwt135.00–138.001,6507
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,8431
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,7551
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251

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.