Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.31/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$110.31

46 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$15.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.82

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	501	113.03	567	19thin
Medium and Large 1	616	109.27	673	25
Medium and Large 3	528	97.58	515	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.45/cwt here — about $52 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 sale46 hd

110.31

—

AL average16 barns · 1,379 hd

112.13

−1.82

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%	Low	1,231	52.13	642	7thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	—	718	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	689	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	115.01/cwt	113.00–117.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	111.45/cwt	109.00–114.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	121.60/cwt	119.00–125.00	578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	113.32/cwt	110.00–116.00	654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	115.55/cwt	111.00–120.00	503	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	110.33/cwt	109.00–112.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	113.00/cwt	112.00–114.00	650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	108.56/cwt	108.00–109.00	677	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	117.34/cwt	117.00–118.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	113.61/cwt	111.00–117.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	110.97/cwt	108.00–113.00	586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	110.26/cwt	108.00–111.00	625	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	97.58/cwt	95.00–100.00	515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	148.67/cwt	147.00–150.00	491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	120.66/cwt	120.00–121.00	716	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	49.61/cwt	49.00–50.00	612	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	54.02/cwt	52.00–56.00	664	4

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 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 141Last week 159Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 21Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	718	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	113.00–117.00	115.01
2	—	628	109.00–114.00	111.45
5	—	475	119.00–125.00	121.60
6	—	577	110.00–116.00	113.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	111.00–120.00	115.55
3	—	525	109.00–112.00	110.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	112.00–114.00	113.00
21	—	624	108.00–109.00	108.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	119.00–120.00	119.49
3	—	430	117.00–118.00	117.34
3	—	472	111.00–117.00	113.61
4	—	528	108.00–113.00	110.97
7	—	567	108.00–111.00	110.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	95.00–100.00	97.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	147.00–150.00	148.67
4	—	613	118.00	118.00
9	—	593	120.00–121.00	120.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	49.00–50.00	49.61
4	—	1,229	52.00–56.00	54.02

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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