Valley Livestock Market Report

Moulton, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	245	300	154
Feeder cattle	147	291	124
Slaughter cattle	13	6	17
Replacement cattle	85	3	13

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	3	302.50	$302.50	$1,376	—
677	677	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,659	—
713	713	2	227.50	$227.50	$1,622	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	3	252.50	$252.50	$1,482	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	310.00	$310.00	$884	—
320	320	5	297.00	$297.00	$950	—
365–370	368	2	285.00–290.00	$287.52	$1,058	+7.52
405	405	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,134	+3.37
450–473	460	9	260.00–290.00	$271.21	$1,248	+18.31
520	520	3	240.00–245.00	$243.33	$1,265	—
580	580	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,351	-0.66
660–670	665	2	200.00–205.00	$202.52	$1,347	-9.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–423	420	6	290.00–295.00	$294.20	$1,236	+9.20
540	540	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,350	—
600–615	607	8	225.00–230.00	$226.24	$1,373	—
655	655	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,441	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,106	—
500–520	510	2	260.00–270.00	$265.10	$1,352	+4.60

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,085	-11.88
425–435	430	3	292.00–300.00	$295.69	$1,271	—
470	470	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,316	—
530	530	1	269.00	$269.00	$1,426	+1.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,200	-12.36
410	410	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,271	-7.43
455	455	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,365	-4.84

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,612	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1160	1015	85-90%	3	112.00–115.00	$113.86	$1,156	—
940–1305	1063	85-90%	4	105.00–110.00	$107.14	$1,139	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1110	1095	80-85%	2	118.00–120.00	$118.99	$1,303	—
1140–1175	1158	80-85%	2	124.00–127.00	$125.48	$1,453	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2020	2020	1	148.00	$148.00	$2,990	+13.00
2120	2120	1	154.00	$154.00	$3,265	—

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,400.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,600.00–2,100.00	$1,750.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,800.00–2,300.00	$1,987.50

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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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,800.00–2,500.00	$2,272.73	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,900.00–2,400.00	$2,133.33	—
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–1,800.00	$1,525.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00–1,950.00	$1,850.00	—

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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.