Valley Livestock Market Report, Moulton, AL

Moulton, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 16, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	209	164	135
Feeder cattle	141	88	121
Slaughter cattle	24	36	14
Replacement cattle	44	40	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Market lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	4	181.00	$181.00	$786	—
482	482	5	176.00	$176.00	$848	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	202.00	$202.00	$788	—
550	550	1	157.00	$157.00	$864	—
615	615	2	154.00	$154.00	$947	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	379	4	160.00–163.00	$161.21	$611	—
405–440	418	4	155.00–160.00	$158.30	$662	—
450–465	458	5	147.00–152.00	$149.59	$685	—
545	545	1	142.00	$142.00	$774	—
585	585	1	135.00	$135.00	$790	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	382	6	152.00–155.00	$153.00	$584	+2.02
405–440	423	3	147.00–152.00	$150.33	$636	—
538–545	539	5	137.00	$137.00	$738	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	162.00	$162.00	$680	—
500–505	503	2	155.00	$155.00	$780	+8.30
565	565	1	142.00	$142.00	$802	—
655–665	660	2	125.00	$125.00	$825	—
705	705	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	154.00	$154.00	$727	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	383	2	192.00–195.00	$193.45	$741	+1.20
400–440	417	3	180.00–187.00	$184.70	$770	—
485	485	1	170.00	$170.00	$824	—
510–540	525	2	160.00–167.00	$163.40	$858	+3.40
560–580	570	2	155.00	$155.00	$884	+1.82
620–640	630	2	142.00–147.00	$144.46	$910	-0.54
650 fancy	650	1	145.00	$145.00	$942	—
655	655	1	138.00	$138.00	$904	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	177.00	$177.00	$735	+2.00
450–465	457	3	160.00–167.00	$164.68	$753	+0.26
535	535	1	150.00	$150.00	$802	-3.38
625	625	1	130.00	$130.00	$812	-7.00
795	795	1	115.00	$115.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	185.00	$185.00	$629	—
385	385	1	175.00	$175.00	$674	—
460	460	1	150.00	$150.00	$690	-3.73
505–540	520	3	140.00	$140.00	$728	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1230	1126	80-85%	4	84.00–89.00	$86.54	$974	—
1205–1380	1279	80-85%	4	76.00–82.00	$79.77	$1,020	+6.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1405	1313	75-80%	2	84.00–88.00	$85.86	$1,127	+8.55
1390–1625	1508	75-80%	2	69.00–75.00	$71.77	$1,082	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$410	—
790–985	888	85-90%	2	62.00–64.00	$62.89	$558	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490–1670	1580	2	100.00–102.00	$100.94	$1,595	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	644.00–684.00	$664.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

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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.