Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No slaughter cows and bulls were recorded. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.22/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −93.92 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.

Average price

$116.22

26 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$62

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

$20.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.26

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	514	119.79	616	20
Medium and Large 3	438	114.97	504	2thin
Medium and Large 1	685	99.00	678	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.79/cwt here — about −$62 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 sale26 hd

116.22

—

AL average16 barns · 1,427 hd

118.48

−2.26

This barn, trailing median4 sales

210.14

−93.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	685	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	678	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	112.36/cwt	110.00–115.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	723	92.68/cwt	90.00–96.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	130.33/cwt	130.00–131.00	560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	124.83/cwt	124.00–130.00	612	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	114.97/cwt	110.00–120.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	125.31/cwt	124.00–127.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	109.80/cwt	109.00–110.00	573	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	120.86/cwt	119.00–123.00	512	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	114.88/cwt	112.00–118.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	107.45/cwt	105.00–110.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	100.98/cwt	100.00–102.00	538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	151.38/cwt	150.00–154.00	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	120.66/cwt	120.00–121.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	126.71/cwt	125.00–130.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	142.45/cwt	139.00–146.00	548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	493	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	589	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 21, 2019

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

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Compared to one week ago: No slaughter cows and bulls were recorded. No replacement cows 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
4	—	685	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	110.00–115.00	112.36
3	—	723	90.00–96.00	92.68
6	—	430	130.00–131.00	130.33
8	—	490	124.00–130.00	124.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	110.00–120.00	114.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	388	124.00–127.00	125.31
5	—	522	109.00–110.00	109.80
7	—	424	119.00–123.00	120.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	112.00–118.00	114.88
2	—	465	105.00–110.00	107.45
2	—	533	100.00–102.00	100.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	147.00	147.00
3	—	382	150.00–154.00	151.38
3	—	587	120.00–121.00	120.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	125.00–130.00	126.71
4	—	385	139.00–146.00	142.45
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	119.00–120.00	119.50

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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