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Moulton Stockyards

Name: Moulton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Moulton, Alabama · Wed, Jan 14

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1987

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

427 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 436▼ 195 vs year ago 622 · −31.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 25▲ 10 vs year ago 20 · +50.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 50▲ 30 vs year ago 25 · +120.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder calves.

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 $359.53/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 13 of 31 comparable sales and sits −16.37 against this barn's trailing median of $375.90.

Average price

$359.53

38 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$30.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.12

vs AL average

−53.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	377.50	2,088	7thin
Medium and Large 2	529	365.71	1,935	14thin
Medium and Large 3	519	347.05	1,800	17thin

One grade step is worth $30.45/cwt here — about $288 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 sale38 hd

359.53

—

AL average15 barns · 448 hd

364.65

−5.12

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−53.95

This barn, trailing median31 sales

375.90

−16.37

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	—	Average	1,150	174.77	2,010	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	171.00	2,548	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,286	154.75	1,990	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,047	119.34	1,250	5thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,589	18
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,660	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,400	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,000	1thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,540	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	579.67/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,768	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	638.00/cwt	625.00–650.00	1,997	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	446.25/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,584	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	520.47/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,853	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	474.79/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,728	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	422.50/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,775	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	456.44/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,944	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	455.50/cwt	455.50–455.50	2,073	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	407.42/cwt	405.00–412.00	2,082	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	353.10/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,861	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	412.94/cwt	412.00–420.00	2,201	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	389.95/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,270	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	357.51/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,277	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,952	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,640	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	308	472.44/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,455	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	524.00/cwt	515.00–530.00	1,624	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,520	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	443.48/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,836	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,911	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	408.70/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,970	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	346.92/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,735	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	365.71/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,935	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,088	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	579	347.48/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,012	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	348.59/cwt	335.00–352.50	2,203	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	703	318.32/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,238	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	418.00/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,735	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	402.97/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,890	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,121	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	390.08/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,110	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,935	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	362.11/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,060	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	349.91/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,169	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,245	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	718	319.95/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,297	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	785	274.94/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,158	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,150	174.77/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,010	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,125	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,067	111.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,190	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,555	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,163	156.44/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,819	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	144.71/cwt	142.50–149.00	1,820	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	164.11/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,237	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,548	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,541.18/head	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,541	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,660.00/head	1,550.00–1,800.00	1,660	10
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 427Last week 436Year ago 622

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 25Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 50Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	470.00–475.00	472.44
10	400–450	414	440.00–445.00	443.48
8	450–500	482	405.00–415.00	408.70
14	500–550	529	360.00–375.00	365.71
17	600–650	632	335.00–352.50	348.59
3	700–750	703	315.00–325.00	318.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	420.00	420.00
3	400–450	400	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	475	390.00	390.00
13	500–550	500	330.00–350.00	346.92
4	550–600	579	345.00–355.00	347.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	515.00–530.00	524.00
3	400–450	420	455.00	455.00
7	550–600	553	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	625.00–650.00	638.00
9	350–400	356	515.00–525.00	520.47
8	500–550	533	412.00–420.00	412.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	560.00	560.00
2	300–350	305	560.00–600.00	579.67
10	350–400	364	460.00–490.00	474.79
7	400–450	426	450.00–465.00	456.44
4	450–500	455	455.50	455.50
5	500–550	511	405.00–412.00	407.42
10	550–600	582	385.00–395.00	389.95
9	600–650	637	355.00–362.50	357.51
2	800–850	800	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	445.00–450.00	446.25
7	400–450	420	420.00–425.00	422.50
5	500–550	527	350.00–355.00	353.10
1	600–650	640	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	425.00	425.00
5	400–450	415	415.00–420.00	418.00
5	450–500	469	400.00–405.00	402.97
3	500–550	541	380.00–395.00	390.08
7	550–600	569	360.00–365.00	362.11
3	600–650	620	345.00–355.00	349.91
1	650–700	670	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	718	315.00–325.00	319.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	505	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	355.00	355.00
2	750–800	785	270.00–280.00	274.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	137.00	137.00
1	—	900	125.00	125.00
3	—	1,067	110.00–115.00	111.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,258	142.50–149.00	144.71
5	—	1,363	160.00–169.00	164.11
2	—	1,163	156.00–157.00	156.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	171.00–179.00	174.77

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	3,400.00	3,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	—	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,541.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	1,550.00–1,800.00	1,660.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,400.00	3,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00

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.