Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.37/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$108.37

47 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$9.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.29

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	491	116.20	570	5thin
Medium and Large 2	493	107.96	532	22
Medium and Large 3	413	106.86	441	20

One grade step is worth $9.34/cwt here — about $129 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 sale47 hd

108.37

—

AL average14 barns · 1,850 hd

110.66

−2.29

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	—	High	1,790	72.00	1,289	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,206	38.61	466	13

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	145.00/cwt	142.00–148.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	112.66/cwt	110.00–114.00	594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	110.32/cwt	109.00–111.00	642	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	131.50/cwt	130.00–134.00	563	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	125.27/cwt	123.00–127.00	589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	789	88.75/cwt	88.00–89.00	700	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	105.99/cwt	105.00–109.00	658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	110.50/cwt	108.00–113.00	547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	613	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	120.42/cwt	115.00–125.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	124.00/cwt	123.00–125.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	110.00/cwt	106.00–115.00	464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	105.64/cwt	103.00–106.00	550	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	116.70/cwt	114.00–119.00	365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	97.47/cwt	95.00–100.00	524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	103.99/cwt	100.00–105.00	445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	110.47/cwt	105.00–114.00	411	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	582	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	511	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	471	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	637.50/cwt	500.00–700.00	—	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	—	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	520.00/cwt	470.00–600.00	—	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	805.06/cwt	664.00–860.00	—	16
Bulls	—	—	1,790	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,289	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	34.53/cwt	33.00–35.00	412	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	40.43/cwt	40.00–42.00	490	9

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 Nov 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 171Last week 186Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 22Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 34Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs 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
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
2	—	415	142.00–148.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	110.00–114.00	112.66
3	—	582	109.00–111.00	110.32
3	—	665	101.00	101.00
4	—	428	130.00–134.00	131.50
4	—	470	123.00–127.00	125.27
4	—	789	88.00–89.00	88.75
6	—	621	105.00–109.00	105.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	108.00–113.00	110.50
2	—	613	100.00–102.00	101.00
4	—	433	115.00–125.00	120.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	104.00–105.00	104.51
3	—	368	123.00–125.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	120.00–121.00	120.50
3	—	643	104.00	104.00
6	—	422	106.00–115.00	110.00
11	—	521	103.00–106.00	105.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	114.00–119.00	116.70
4	—	538	95.00–100.00	97.47
6	—	428	100.00–105.00	103.99
7	—	372	105.00–114.00	110.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	144.00–145.00	144.50
3	—	592	118.00	118.00
5	—	413	141.00	141.00
7	—	495	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	130.00–132.00	131.01
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	424	111.00	111.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	500.00–700.00	637.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	470.00–600.00	520.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	—	664.00–860.00	805.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,790	72.00	72.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,194	33.00–35.00	34.53
9	—	1,212	40.00–42.00	40.43

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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New Brockton Stockyards

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