Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.09/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$106.09

71 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$53

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

$12.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.24

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	468	114.10	534	20
Medium and Large 3	325	111.00	361	5thin
Medium and Large 2	576	102.07	588	46

One grade step is worth $12.03/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale71 hd

106.09

—

AL average15 barns · 1,624 hd

110.33

−4.24

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	1,232	47.91	590	14

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	482	127.92/cwt	124.00–132.00	617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	90.02/cwt	88.00–92.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	101.32/cwt	100.00–102.00	590	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	732	88.98/cwt	87.00–90.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	108.71/cwt	105.00–111.00	511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	104.88/cwt	100.00–106.00	551	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	98.48/cwt	97.00–100.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	90.51/cwt	90.00–91.00	697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	102.01/cwt	100.00–104.00	593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	110.17/cwt	110.00–111.00	470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	660	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	105.20/cwt	100.00–108.00	559	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	361	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	140.54/cwt	138.00–143.00	587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	121.83/cwt	121.00–124.00	637	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	124.95/cwt	123.00–131.00	610	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	133.63/cwt	130.00–134.00	517	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	608	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	45.05/cwt	43.00–46.00	538	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	49.06/cwt	48.00–50.00	612	10

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 Sep 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 126Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 15Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	124.00–132.00	127.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	114.00	114.00
2	—	678	88.00–92.00	90.02
3	—	487	118.00–120.00	118.98
3	—	582	100.00–102.00	101.32
3	—	732	87.00–90.00	88.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	105.00–111.00	108.71
8	—	525	100.00–106.00	104.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	109.00	109.00
8	—	489	113.00	113.00
10	—	420	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	97.00–100.00	98.48
2	—	770	90.00–91.00	90.51
3	—	625	100.00	100.00
5	—	581	100.00–104.00	102.01
6	—	427	110.00–111.00	110.17
7	—	725	91.00	91.00
21	—	531	100.00–108.00	105.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	325	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	138.00–143.00	140.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	705	105.00	105.00
5	—	625	116.00	116.00
6	—	523	121.00–124.00	121.83
8	—	488	123.00–131.00	124.95
11	—	387	130.00–134.00	133.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	120.00	120.00
14	—	538	113.00	113.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,195	43.00–46.00	45.05
10	—	1,247	48.00–50.00	49.06

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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