Valley Livestock Market Report

Moulton, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 29, 2021

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heavy 5-weight M&L 3 heifers $108.50/cwt ≈ $630/hd at 581 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	319	278	393
Feeder cattle	240	230	352
Slaughter cattle	46	32	21
Replacement cattle	33	16	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–493	487	4	137.00–144.00	$142.31	$693	—
730	730	1	112.00	$112.00	$818	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	131.00	$131.00	$930	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	130.00	$130.00	$500	-2.00
465–487	477	9	116.00–120.00	$118.02	$563	+1.06
505–545	518	5	110.00–116.00	$113.60	$588	+1.13
560–595	581	10	107.00–112.00	$108.50	$630	—
600–635	618	5	102.00–107.00	$104.62	$647	—
680	680	1	100.00	$100.00	$680	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	135.00	$135.00	$608	—
515	515	1	127.00	$127.00	$654	—
630	630	1	117.00	$117.00	$737	—
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	±0.00
700–730	712	3	105.00–108.00	$106.68	$760	+1.68
810	810	1	100.00	$100.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–515	510	2	121.00–124.00	$122.49	$625	+4.04
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	±0.00
650–690	682	5	107.00	$107.00	$730	+2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	420	2	145.00–152.00	$148.67	$624	+8.67
450–490	469	7	137.00–142.00	$140.15	$657	+10.15
510–545	528	7	130.00–135.00	$132.31	$699	+8.32
570–578	576	7	125.00–129.00	$126.29	$727	+7.38
600–635	621	5	119.00–122.00	$121.42	$754	+6.42
672–695	678	4	111.00–113.00	$112.49	$763	+4.92

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	172.00	$172.00	$525	—
460–465	463	2	145.00	$145.00	$671	—
500–530	514	8	137.00–142.00	$138.74	$713	+6.19
553–590	565	4	135.00–139.00	$136.04	$769	—
600–640	620	4	127.00–133.00	$128.49	$797	+7.98
660–680	672	3	120.00–126.00	$123.70	$831	—
700–745	718	3	111.00–114.00	$112.64	$809	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	145.00	$145.00	$566	—
410–445	431	5	135.00–142.00	$138.83	$598	+9.82
475–495	485	4	128.00–135.00	$131.23	$636	+7.72
545	545	1	127.00	$127.00	$692	+9.27
595	595	1	115.00	$115.00	$684	—
625	625	1	112.00	$112.00	$700	—
660	660	1	105.00	$105.00	$693	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	80-85%	1	51.00	$51.00	$500	—
970–1005	988	80-85%	2	59.00–62.00	$60.53	$598	—
985–1390	1115	80-85%	14	53.00–57.00	$54.45	$607	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–965	853	85-90%	5	35.00–40.00	$37.91	$323	-5.06
915–940	932	85-90%	3	43.00–45.00	$44.33	$413	—
940–1090	1015	85-90%	2	48.00–49.00	$48.54	$493	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1315	1305	75-80%	2	59.00	$59.00	$770	—
1165–1590	1332	75-80%	5	61.00–63.00	$61.83	$824	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1375	1358	2	80.00–84.00	$82.03	$1,114	—
1715	1715	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,475	—
1795	1795	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,705	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–940	842	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	550.00–658.00	$596.23

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00
985–1370	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	780.00–840.00	$819.79

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1125	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	710.00–830.00	$764.62

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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.