Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.59/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$111.59

64 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$3.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.10

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	113.38	610	8thin
Medium and Large 2	464	111.57	517	47
Medium and Large 3	379	110.13	418	9thin

One grade step is worth $3.24/cwt here — about $192 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 sale64 hd

111.59

—

AL average14 barns · 1,662 hd

111.50

+0.10

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	1,430	70.48	1,008	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	41.54	440	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,221	41.20	503	6thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	418	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	114.83/cwt	110.00–120.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	97.96/cwt	96.00–100.00	664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	101.60/cwt	100.00–104.00	636	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	131.97/cwt	128.00–136.00	557	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	108.16/cwt	106.00–111.00	618	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	123.14/cwt	119.00–129.00	596	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	115.41/cwt	113.00–120.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	108.50/cwt	108.00–109.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	115.44/cwt	112.00–119.00	486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	107.00/cwt	105.00–109.00	562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	120.57/cwt	119.00–122.00	392	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	101.21/cwt	100.00–105.00	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	109.12/cwt	107.00–110.00	527	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	118.00/cwt	116.00–119.00	443	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	109.67/cwt	106.00–113.00	413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	113.05/cwt	111.00–116.00	376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	153.50/cwt	151.00–156.00	476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	143.49/cwt	143.00–144.00	610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	148.89/cwt	147.00–151.00	481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	127.00/cwt	125.00–132.00	602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	138.51/cwt	137.00–140.00	522	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	126.58/cwt	124.00–127.00	677	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	112.46/cwt	110.00–115.00	538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	111.96/cwt	110.00–114.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	677	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	480.00/cwt	450.00–530.00	—	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	737.50/cwt	725.00–750.00	—	2
Bulls	—	—	1,430	70.48/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,008	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	998	36.55/cwt	35.00–38.00	365	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	43.53/cwt	42.00–45.00	580	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	41.54/cwt	40.00–43.00	440	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 Oct 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 201Last week 85Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 27Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 170Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	110.00–120.00	114.83
2	—	678	96.00–100.00	97.96
5	—	626	100.00–104.00	101.60
6	—	422	128.00–136.00	131.97
6	—	571	106.00–111.00	108.16
7	—	484	119.00–129.00	123.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	100.00	100.00
3	—	432	113.00–120.00	115.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	108.00–109.00	108.50
3	—	487	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	105.00	105.00
4	—	421	112.00–119.00	115.44
4	—	525	105.00–109.00	107.00
7	—	325	119.00–122.00	120.57
9	—	626	100.00–105.00	101.21
10	—	483	107.00–110.00	109.12
11	—	375	116.00–119.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	105.00	105.00
3	—	377	106.00–113.00	109.67
4	—	333	111.00–116.00	113.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	151.00–156.00	153.50
2	—	425	143.00–144.00	143.49
6	—	632	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	147.00–151.00	148.89
2	—	575	116.00	116.00
4	—	474	125.00–132.00	127.00
6	—	377	137.00–140.00	138.51
14	—	535	124.00–127.00	126.58
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	120.00–126.00	123.00
2	—	478	110.00–115.00	112.46
2	—	583	110.00–114.00	111.96
2	—	633	107.00	107.00

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)	16	—	—	450.00–530.00	480.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	725.00–750.00	737.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	70.00–71.00	70.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	35.00–38.00	36.55
4	—	1,333	42.00–45.00	43.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	40.00–43.00	41.54

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 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