Valley Livestock Market Report

Moulton, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 10, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	121	123	414
Feeder cattle	99	71	362
Slaughter cattle	22	18	52
Replacement cattle	—	34	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends available.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,114	—
688	688	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,404	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,046	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	210.00	$210.00	$850	—
450–485	471	5	200.00–205.00	$202.95	$956	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–430	420	2	230.00–235.00	$232.56	$977	-7.44
557	557	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,181	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,180	+7.50
660–685	673	2	172.00–175.00	$173.53	$1,168	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	430	2	240.00–245.00	$242.56	$1,043	+7.56
485–492	490	4	233.00–237.00	$233.99	$1,147	+8.99
520	520	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,170	+8.00
640	640	6	202.00	$202.00	$1,293	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,183	—
700	700	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,330	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,148	—
680	680	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,258	—
725	725	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,283	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	80-85%	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,070	—
950–1755	1357	80-85%	5	80.00–83.00	$81.55	$1,107	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–955	853	85-90%	2	65.00–70.00	$67.20	$573	—
955–1015	985	85-90%	2	74.00–76.00	$75.03	$739	+1.69
1035	1035	85-90%	1	78.00	$78.00	$807	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1825	1825	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,916	—
2025	2025	1	113.00	$113.00	$2,288	—

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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.