Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 7.00 to 12.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $119.20/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$119.20

59 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$311

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

$11.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.58

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	354	127.69	452	10thin
Medium and Large 2	500	121.46	608	13thin
Medium and Large 1	657	116.03	763	36

One grade step is worth $11.66/cwt here — about −$311 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 sale59 hd

119.20

—

AL average15 barns · 1,483 hd

128.78

−9.58

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,706	78.32	1,336	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,642	54.75	899	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	53.74	629	7thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	53.74/cwt	52.00–55.00	629	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,642	54.75/cwt	54.00–55.00	899	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	530	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	96.00/cwt	95.00–97.00	648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	118.00/cwt	115.00–120.00	561	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	104.80/cwt	104.00–106.00	597	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	111.33/cwt	111.00–112.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	103.97/cwt	102.00–106.00	494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	327	111.65/cwt	109.00–113.00	365	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	659	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	856	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	118.01/cwt	115.00–121.00	741	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	131.33/cwt	131.00–132.00	489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	509	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	611	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	326	130.24/cwt	128.00–131.00	425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	125.99/cwt	121.00–129.00	470	6
Bulls	—	—	1,758	74.60/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,311	2
Bulls	—	—	1,653	82.03/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,356	2

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 Aug 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 159Last week 107Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 13Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 7.00 to 12.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,170	52.00–55.00	53.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,642	54.00–55.00	54.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,758	74.00–75.00	74.60
2	—	1,653	81.00–83.00	82.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	411	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	85.00	85.00
4	—	675	95.00–97.00	96.00
5	—	475	115.00–120.00	118.00
5	—	535	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	99.00	99.00
3	—	618	103.00	103.00
4	—	532	104.00–105.00	104.51
11	—	570	104.00–106.00	104.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	104.00	104.00
3	—	372	111.00–112.00	111.33
5	—	475	102.00–106.00	103.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	110.00–111.00	110.50
3	—	327	109.00–113.00	111.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	554	119.00	119.00
5	—	685	114.00	114.00
8	—	771	111.00	111.00
18	—	628	115.00–121.00	118.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	131.00–132.00	131.33
3	—	608	115.00	115.00
7	—	509	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	128.00–131.00	130.24
6	—	373	121.00–129.00	125.99

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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