Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.98/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$118.98

70 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$9.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.65

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	420	126.30	530	3thin
Medium and Large 2	487	119.11	580	53
Medium and Large 3	376	116.94	440	14thin

One grade step is worth $9.36/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale70 hd

118.98

—

AL average15 barns · 1,487 hd

121.64

−2.65

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,145	59.32	679	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,007	45.97	463	9thin

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	133.73/cwt	130.00–135.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	114.00/cwt	112.00–115.00	660	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	144.00/cwt	140.00–147.00	612	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	121.67/cwt	120.00–125.00	578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	128.54/cwt	125.00–133.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	126.30/cwt	125.00–129.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	127.48/cwt	127.00–128.00	412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	97.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	112.48/cwt	109.00–114.00	714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	121.31/cwt	116.00–124.00	585	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	114.01/cwt	110.00–117.00	656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	122.55/cwt	120.00–125.00	520	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	125.72/cwt	124.00–128.00	470	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	116.54/cwt	112.00–121.00	612	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	116.52/cwt	115.00–118.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	324	123.17/cwt	120.00–125.00	399	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	110.84/cwt	105.00–115.00	469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	139.57/cwt	139.00–142.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	843	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	151.04/cwt	150.00–152.00	503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	143.52/cwt	140.00–147.00	564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	126.49/cwt	126.00–127.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	136.18/cwt	135.00–139.00	640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	143.31/cwt	140.00–147.00	470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	491	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	604	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	138.23/cwt	132.00–140.00	518	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	62.32/cwt	62.00–63.00	684	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	58.20/cwt	57.00–60.00	677	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	49.99/cwt	48.00–52.00	541	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	43.96/cwt	40.00–45.00	426	6

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Mon Jun 3, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 207Last week 145Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 25Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	100.00	100.00
4	—	478	130.00–135.00	133.73
4	—	579	112.00–115.00	114.00
6	—	425	140.00–147.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	110.00–120.00	115.00
3	—	475	120.00–125.00	121.67
3	—	575	110.00	110.00
4	—	428	125.00–133.00	128.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	125.00–129.00	126.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	127.00–128.00	127.48
2	—	768	95.00–100.00	97.48
4	—	635	109.00–114.00	112.48
6	—	482	116.00–124.00	121.31
6	—	575	110.00–117.00	114.01
9	—	424	120.00–125.00	122.55
11	—	374	124.00–128.00	125.72
13	—	525	112.00–121.00	116.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	115.00–118.00	116.52
6	—	324	120.00–125.00	123.17
6	—	423	105.00–115.00	110.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	531	139.00–142.00	139.57
8	—	691	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	150.00–152.00	151.04
2	—	393	140.00–147.00	143.52
2	—	570	126.00–127.00	126.49
2	—	660	115.00–120.00	117.52
5	—	470	135.00–139.00	136.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	140.00–147.00	143.31
7	—	491	123.00	123.00
9	—	375	132.00–140.00	138.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	62.00–63.00	62.32
8	—	1,163	57.00–60.00	58.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	48.00–52.00	49.99
6	—	970	40.00–45.00	43.96

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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