Valley Livestock Market Report

Moulton, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	61	121	232
Feeder cattle	49	99	143
Slaughter cattle	9	22	43
Replacement cattle	3	—	46

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago: Market lightly tested.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,452	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–516	515	9	212.00–214.00	$213.56	$1,100	—
555–580	568	3	202.00–207.00	$205.33	$1,166	+5.33
600–635	613	4	190.00–197.00	$191.73	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–575	573	2	212.00–215.00	$213.51	$1,223	+1.51
625	625	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,262	—
689 fancy	689	4	202.50	$202.50	$1,395	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	232.00	$232.00	$835	—
440	440	1	222.00	$222.00	$977	+12.00
530	530	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,086	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	428	3	255.00–257.00	$256.37	$1,097	+13.81

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	292.00	$292.00	$949	—
450	450	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,148	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,181	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1090	1017	85-90%	3	63.00–68.00	$65.74	$669	-12.26
1125–1215	1170	85-90%	2	70.00–72.00	$71.04	$831	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	80-85%	1	85.00	$85.00	$994	-8.00
1200	1200	80-85%	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,092	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1970	1970	1	116.00	$116.00	$2,285	—

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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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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.