Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2025-07-16

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Jul 16
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
384 head
▼ 121 vs last sale 505▲ 237 vs year ago 147 · +161.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 63▲ 20 vs year ago 15 · +133.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 83▲ 51 vs year ago 5 · +1,020.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $324.45/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −66.90 against this barn's trailing median of $391.35.
Average price
$324.45
42 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.38
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543340.841,85112thin
Medium and Large 2566317.891,79930
One grade step is worth $22.95/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale42 hd
324.45
—
AL average16 barns · 502 hd
326.83
−2.38
This barn, trailing median31 sales
391.35
−66.90
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—Average1,692195.333,3043thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,532169.282,5939thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,279162.532,07810
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,368145.821,9952thin

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5229
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,4501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,0426
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,9254thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$3,0252thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,2881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1604365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2058
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965280.50/cwt280.50–280.502,70718
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320377.46/cwt375.00–380.001,2084
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323394.45/cwt390.00–400.001,2745
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363383.66/cwt375.00–390.001,3934
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368370.08/cwt360.00–380.001,3627
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429365.94/cwt360.00–370.001,5705
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433351.08/cwt345.00–355.001,5206
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458342.83/cwt340.00–350.001,5705
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473332.49/cwt325.00–335.001,57314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524321.68/cwt315.00–325.001,6866
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538336.66/cwt330.00–338.001,81116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570325.86/cwt315.00–332.001,8577
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585308.36/cwt305.00–310.001,8043
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614307.42/cwt305.00–310.001,8885
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629294.91/cwt290.00–300.001,8554
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9323
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2268434.50/cwt425.00–440.001,1643
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283452.17/cwt445.00–460.001,2802
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320415.11/cwt410.00–420.001,3287
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338440.11/cwt435.00–445.001,4882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377396.07/cwt390.00–400.001,4935
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383417.00/cwt410.00–420.001,5976
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430401.31/cwt385.00–415.001,7267
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2436378.53/cwt370.00–385.001,6509
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474349.18/cwt345.00–355.001,6556
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478365.31/cwt360.00–380.001,7469
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511350.02/cwt345.00–355.001,7896
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536327.65/cwt322.00–332.001,7567
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575331.67/cwt325.00–340.001,9076
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575314.92/cwt305.00–317.001,81123
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622306.57/cwt302.00–310.001,90715
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627297.19/cwt290.00–300.001,8639
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,590185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,9421
Bulls——1,675210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,5181
Bulls——1,810191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,4571
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210151.86/cwt148.00–157.001,8383
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256170.34/cwt169.00–172.002,1394
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,290157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,0251
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,368145.82/cwt143.00–148.001,9952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,377162.78/cwt158.00–168.002,2413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545173.16/cwt169.00–176.002,6755
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590166.92/cwt165.00–168.002,6543
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,925.00/head3,600.00–4,050.003,9254
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 3—3,025.00/head3,000.00–3,050.003,0252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,675.00/head2,350.00–3,000.002,6752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,468.75/head2,300.00–2,650.002,4698
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,041.67/head1,950.00–2,150.002,0426

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.