Valley Livestock Market Report

Moulton, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

380 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $121.22/cwt ≈ $584/hd at 482 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $103.54/cwt ≈ $491/hd at 474 lb · 12 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $108.24/cwt ≈ $623/hd at 576 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	380	393	453
Feeder cattle	346	—	399
Slaughter cattle	26	—	31
Replacement cattle	8	—	23

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
360–383	375	3	129.00–130.00	$129.32	$485
405–413	411	4	125.00–127.50	$125.62	$516
480	480	1	117.50	$117.50	$564
518	518	3	115.00	$115.00	$596

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
420–445	433	2	130.00–137.50	$133.86	$580
470–488	484	4	126.00–127.50	$126.36	$612
550	550	1	117.50	$117.50	$646
625–640	633	2	114.00–115.00	$114.51	$725

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
510	510	1	138.00	$138.00	$704
660	660	1	117.50	$117.50	$776

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
315–330	323	2	115.00–117.50	$116.28	$376
360–375	368	4	112.50–117.50	$114.95	$423
410–445	429	7	105.00–113.00	$108.31	$465
450–485	474	12	100.00–107.50	$103.54	$491
510–525	514	4	95.00–102.50	$99.40	$511
555–590	567	3	85.00–92.50	$89.90	$510
775	775	1	75.00	$75.00	$581

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
335	335	1	127.50	$127.50	$427
355–395	375	4	122.50–127.50	$124.80	$468
445	445	2	115.00–122.50	$118.75	$528
455–485	470	2	112.50–113.00	$112.76	$530
525	525	2	107.50	$107.50	$564
570–575	572	3	103.00–107.50	$105.17	$602
615–630	622	3	97.00–101.00	$99.34	$618
675	675	2	92.50	$92.50	$624
750–780	770	3	80.00–85.00	$81.62	$628

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
410	410	2	127.50–128.00	$127.75	$524
505–510	508	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$582
590	590	1	112.50	$112.50	$664
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
385	385	1	132.50	$132.50	$510
418	418	4	125.00	$125.00	$522
455–495	482	18	120.00–125.00	$121.22	$584
505–523	517	7	111.00–121.00	$116.68	$603
560–590	576	10	105.00–113.00	$108.24	$623
600–635	621	7	100.00–106.00	$102.66	$638
655	655	2	95.00	$95.00	$622
740	740	1	90.00	$90.00	$666
775	775	1	92.50	$92.50	$717

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
350–395	375	7	127.50–130.00	$128.72	$483
400–445	422	8	117.00–125.00	$119.43	$504
465–483	476	7	109.00–118.00	$114.91	$547
530–535	533	3	100.00–102.50	$100.83	$537
570–595	576	4	95.00–102.50	$99.33	$572
600–640	615	6	90.00–98.00	$94.33	$580
690	690	2	90.00	$90.00	$621
750	750	1	85.00	$85.00	$638

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
420	420	1	137.00	$137.00	$575
550–590	570	2	122.00–125.00	$123.55	$704
775	775	1	100.00	$100.00	$775

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1150	1077	80-85%	5	46.00–50.00	$48.25	$520
1010–1340	1204	80-85%	4	42.00–44.50	$42.94	$517
1435	1435	80-85%	1	53.00	$53.00	$761

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1080–1110	1095	85-90%	2	35.00–40.00	$37.53	$411

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1610–1685	1630	4	72.00–76.00	$74.52	$1,215

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	520.00	$520.00
1270–1360	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	635.00–830.00	$735.84

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1040	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	340.00–480.00	$412.26

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.