Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.72/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −84.41 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.

Average price

$125.72

34 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.76

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	436	141.04	615	11thin
Medium and Large 2	536	118.40	635	23

One grade step is worth $22.64/cwt here — about −$20 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $230.57, low $195.48, median $210.14 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

125.72

—

AL average15 barns · 1,290 hd

124.96

+0.76

This barn, trailing median4 sales

210.14

−84.41

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	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	52.71	772	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	51.43	608	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	949	46.12	438	7thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	490	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	143.60/cwt	139.00–146.00	609	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	133.44/cwt	128.00–138.00	574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	122.33/cwt	122.00–123.00	577	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	117.82/cwt	115.00–122.00	621	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	114.22/cwt	114.00–115.00	660	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	120.25/cwt	119.00–123.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	113.84/cwt	113.00–115.00	655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	603	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	122.60/cwt	119.00–125.00	470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	115.99/cwt	115.00–118.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	113.39/cwt	110.00–116.00	535	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	99.98/cwt	95.00–105.00	543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	130.66/cwt	130.00–131.00	695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	127.13/cwt	125.00–128.00	801	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	853	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	147.85/cwt	143.00–153.00	495	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	687.50/cwt	675.00–700.00	—	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	53.01/cwt	52.00–54.00	655	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	50.38/cwt	50.00–51.00	578	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	722	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	49.80/cwt	49.00–50.00	753	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	53.37/cwt	52.00–55.00	804	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	50.66/cwt	50.00–52.00	468	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	42.72/cwt	40.00–45.00	414	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 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 128Last week 141Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 15Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	129.00–130.00	129.50
9	—	424	139.00–146.00	143.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	110.00–111.00	110.50
3	—	430	128.00–138.00	133.44
3	—	472	122.00–123.00	122.33
6	—	527	115.00–122.00	117.82
9	—	578	114.00–115.00	114.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	119.00–123.00	120.25
7	—	575	113.00–115.00	113.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	603	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	110.00–112.00	110.98
3	—	383	119.00–125.00	122.60
3	—	423	115.00–118.00	115.99
5	—	472	110.00–116.00	113.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	95.00–105.00	99.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	131.00	131.00
3	—	532	130.00–131.00	130.66
7	—	630	125.00–128.00	127.13
10	—	699	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	143.00–153.00	147.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	675.00–700.00	687.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	52.00–54.00	53.01
3	—	1,147	50.00–51.00	50.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,290	56.00	56.00
5	—	1,512	49.00–50.00	49.80
7	—	1,506	52.00–55.00	53.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	50.00–52.00	50.66
4	—	968	40.00–45.00	42.72

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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New Brockton Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle