Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows were unavailable. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.43/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$137.43

50 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$163

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

$2.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.38

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	396	139.19	552	5thin
Medium and Large 2	463	137.73	638	25
Medium and Large 1	523	136.61	715	20

One grade step is worth $2.58/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale50 hd

137.43

—

AL average15 barns · 1,251 hd

133.05

+4.38

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%	Average	1,190	58.42	695	10

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1	—	410	143.50/cwt	143.00–144.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	107.54/cwt	105.00–110.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	126.18/cwt	123.00–130.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	121.56/cwt	119.00–124.00	641	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	119.18/cwt	118.00–122.00	686	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	128.02/cwt	127.00–129.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	122.97/cwt	122.00–124.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	117.54/cwt	116.00–119.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	127.49/cwt	127.00–128.00	427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	125.47/cwt	123.00–128.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	122.63/cwt	120.00–124.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	118.64/cwt	117.00–120.00	568	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	114.49/cwt	113.00–115.00	667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	125.66/cwt	125.00–126.00	412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	140.35/cwt	139.00–144.00	654	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	151.28/cwt	150.00–154.00	481	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	141.98/cwt	140.00–144.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	136.96/cwt	135.00–140.00	648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	146.46/cwt	145.00–150.00	540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.00	587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	141.64/cwt	140.00–145.00	527	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	112.67/cwt	112.00–113.00	704	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	54.07/cwt	52.00–55.00	591	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	60.29/cwt	60.00–61.00	742	7

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 Jul 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 141Last week 141Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 7Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows were unavailable. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	143.00–144.00	143.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	105.00–110.00	107.54
4	—	475	123.00–130.00	126.18
7	—	527	119.00–124.00	121.56
11	—	576	118.00–122.00	119.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	127.00–129.00	128.02
2	—	468	122.00–124.00	122.97
2	—	520	120.00–122.00	121.02
2	—	575	116.00–119.00	117.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	127.00–128.00	127.49
2	—	380	123.00–128.00	125.47
3	—	432	120.00–124.00	122.63
6	—	479	117.00–120.00	118.64
6	—	583	113.00–115.00	114.49
3	—	625	112.00–113.00	112.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	125.00–126.00	125.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	130.00	130.00
2	—	753	121.00	121.00
4	—	425	144.00–145.00	144.50
6	—	466	139.00–144.00	140.35
6	—	540	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	150.00–154.00	151.28
3	—	432	140.00–144.00	141.98
3	—	473	135.00–140.00	136.96
4	—	659	122.00	122.00
6	—	369	145.00–150.00	146.46
6	—	511	130.00–132.00	130.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	135.00–136.00	135.51
3	—	372	140.00–145.00	141.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,093	52.00–55.00	54.07
7	—	1,231	60.00–61.00	60.29

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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