Sale reports / Alabama / Moulton Stockyards / 2025-09-10

Moulton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Sep 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
▲ 162 vs last sale 231▲ 0 vs year ago 393 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 23▼ 14 vs year ago 75 · −18.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 28▼ 16 vs year ago 72 · −22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $350.62/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 11 of 31 comparable sales and sits −40.73 against this barn's trailing median of $391.35.
Average price
$350.62
35 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,908
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.13
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541359.491,94613thin
Medium and Large 2546345.381,88522
One grade step is worth $14.11/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale35 hd
350.62
—
AL average16 barns · 568 hd
363.75
−13.13
This barn, trailing median31 sales
391.35
−40.73
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—High1,580199.003,1442thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,516173.602,6319thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,262167.882,11834
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,278145.001,8532thin

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)—$3,1705
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,5501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,4333thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4,6002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,2502thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2494395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,95118
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,0722
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1541
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635352.83/cwt352.00–353.002,24012
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2111
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,5231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,4151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358417.52/cwt415.00–420.001,4954
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2359395.93/cwt390.00–400.001,4215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8271
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423394.94/cwt390.00–400.001,6716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430380.68/cwt375.00–385.001,6377
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2454356.05/cwt350.00–360.001,6169
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy460420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471373.89/cwt365.00–380.001,76113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516352.67/cwt352.00–355.001,82018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520345.49/cwt340.00–350.001,79712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565348.33/cwt345.00–355.001,9683
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565339.80/cwt335.00–342.001,9206
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613334.01/cwt332.00–337.002,0474
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2616320.96/cwt315.00–325.001,9777
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0961
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663305.38/cwt300.00–310.002,0256
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,3681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310482.58/cwt480.00–485.001,4964
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2342468.37/cwt465.00–470.001,6023
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360460.07/cwt455.00–465.001,6564
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383429.91/cwt420.00–440.001,6476
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425428.53/cwt420.00–445.001,8216
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434405.02/cwt400.00–410.001,7588
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472365.47/cwt360.00–370.001,7259
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481380.54/cwt375.00–385.001,83017
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521364.77/cwt360.00–370.001,9007
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524351.66/cwt345.00–355.001,84312
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565353.32/cwt350.00–355.001,9966
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572337.84/cwt330.00–345.001,93210
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613332.51/cwt330.00–335.002,0384
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2616321.60/cwt315.00–325.001,9819
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668310.02/cwt305.00–315.002,0714
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678327.64/cwt320.00–335.002,2212
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1352
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2311
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,415192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,7171
Bulls——1,745206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,5951
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101156.20/cwt153.00–159.001,7207
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243166.04/cwt160.00–170.002,06416
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,278145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,313165.61/cwt161.00–170.002,1742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,391178.00/cwt171.00–182.002,47611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,569178.70/cwt172.00–186.002,8046
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,5441
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—5,100.00/head5,100.00–5,100.005,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,250.00/head3,200.00–3,300.003,2502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,366.67/head3,300.00–3,500.003,3673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,875.00/head2,750.00–3,000.002,8752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—2,433.33/head2,400.00–2,450.002,4333

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.