Valley Livestock Market Report

Moulton, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 25, 2022

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light 4-weight M&L 3 bulls $162.35/cwt +1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 422 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	251	330
Feeder cattle	179	269
Slaughter cattle	32	34
Replacement cattle	40	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady, feeder bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers to few to trend. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady. Market lightly tested.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	177.00	$177.00	$637	±0.00
420–445	433	2	170.00	$170.00	$736	—
450	450	1	165.00	$165.00	$742	—
575	575	1	145.00	$145.00	$834	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	140.00	$140.00	$910	-3.38
780	780	1	120.00	$120.00	$936	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	4	150.00	$150.00	$639	-7.00
465–478	474	9	145.00–150.00	$148.00	$702	+2.00
515	515	2	142.00	$142.00	$731	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	147.00	$147.00	$654	—
457–470	460	4	137.00–144.00	$142.21	$654	+6.18
590	590	1	125.00	$125.00	$738	+0.98
630–635	633	2	115.00	$115.00	$728	-3.31
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–370	365	3	167.00–172.00	$169.66	$619	-2.34
400–445	422	16	157.00–166.00	$162.35	$685	+1.87
455	455	1	149.00	$149.00	$678	-2.27
505–540	527	3	140.00–142.00	$140.68	$741	-1.99
565–598	589	4	130.00–135.00	$132.72	$782	-3.29
625–630	628	2	125.00	$125.00	$785	±0.00
660–688	678	5	115.00–120.00	$116.95	$793	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–488	469	7	157.00–165.00	$160.15	$751	-0.84
500–503	502	5	150.00–155.00	$151.00	$758	-0.85
590	590	2	137.00	$137.00	$808	-7.67
625	625	1	127.00	$127.00	$794	-9.03
685	685	1	125.00	$125.00	$856	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1005	858	85-90%	3	47.00	$47.00	$403	—
895–1125	985	85-90%	3	59.00–61.00	$60.01	$591	—
935–1095	1014	85-90%	4	55.00–58.00	$56.50	$573	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1175	1116	80-85%	5	69.00–74.00	$71.17	$794	-14.83
1070–1295	1143	80-85%	5	78.00–80.00	$79.20	$905	+1.29

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365	1365	75-80%	1	72.00	$72.00	$983	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1620	1620	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,571	—
1640	1640	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,722	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–925.00	$912.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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.