Valley Livestock Market Report

Moulton, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 31, 2021

294 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $149.13/cwt +3.50 vs last sale · ≈ $552/hd at 370 lb · 11 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $143.23/cwt -12.79 vs last sale · ≈ $662/hd at 462 lb · 10 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 3 bulls $148.03/cwt ≈ $546/hd at 369 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	294	391	186
Feeder cattle	193	199	143
Slaughter cattle	22	60	34
Replacement cattle	79	132	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	6	149.00	$149.00	$814	—
590–595	594	5	144.00	$144.00	$855	+0.69
665	665	1	122.00	$122.00	$811	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	122.00	$122.00	$738	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	167.00	$167.00	$484	—
355–385	370	11	142.00–153.00	$149.13	$552	+3.50
400–420	410	4	140.00–145.00	$143.26	$587	+3.18
565–580	573	2	117.00–120.00	$118.48	$679	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	421	4	147.00–154.00	$148.74	$626	-1.26
500–530	511	5	132.00–138.00	$135.20	$691	—
580–595	587	3	125.00–127.00	$125.68	$738	—
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	3	145.00–152.00	$148.96	$469	+6.17
355	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	+2.64
400–440	423	6	130.00–137.00	$134.12	$567	+4.12
520	520	1	118.00	$118.00	$614	+8.00
560–570	565	2	108.00–114.00	$110.97	$627	—
620	620	1	105.00	$105.00	$651	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	160.00–167.00	$163.63	$537	-14.79
355–385	369	10	145.00–150.00	$148.03	$546	—
400–445	423	4	145.00–147.00	$146.23	$619	-5.17
475–480	478	2	136.00–140.00	$137.99	$660	—
520–530	525	2	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$696	-0.04
550–595	568	9	120.00–124.00	$123.09	$699	-3.91
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	+0.33
680	680	1	107.00	$107.00	$728	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	157.00–162.00	$159.67	$567	-25.33
420–435	428	2	150.00–152.00	$150.98	$646	-11.02
450–490	462	10	141.00–147.00	$143.23	$662	-12.79
500–545	527	7	137.00–140.00	$139.59	$736	-7.41
550–598	586	4	135.00–138.00	$137.30	$805	—
600–620	610	2	120.00–125.00	$122.54	$747	—
660	660	1	112.00	$112.00	$739	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	187.00	$187.00	$570	—
365–395	382	3	170.00–172.00	$171.36	$655	-20.13
405–440	427	3	150.00–166.00	$159.58	$681	-22.42
475	475	1	150.00	$150.00	$712	-15.00
650	650	1	122.00	$122.00	$793	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$436	-1.96
970–990	980	85-90%	2	47.00–51.00	$48.98	$480	+2.02
1190	1190	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$619	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	80-85%	1	67.00	$67.00	$724	—
1000–1210	1083	80-85%	3	62.00–65.00	$63.42	$687	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1390	1277	75-80%	3	61.00–65.00	$63.39	$809	-1.72
1545	1545	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$912	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1990	1626	4	82.00–84.00	$82.61	$1,343	—
1990	1990	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,871	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1030	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–710.00	$705.18
995–1310	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	810.00–870.00	$846.78
1145–1195	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	910.00–1,030.00	$968.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1190	1072	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–890.00	$863.42
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1190–1230	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	920.00–1,080.00	$995.63

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945–1245	1061	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,325.00–1,500.00	$1,458.19	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–1260	1007	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	1,010.00–1,180.00	$1,086.82	—

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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.