Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. No replacement cows 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 $114.14/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$114.14

70 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$537

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$18.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.23

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	449	118.83	533	23
Medium and Large 2	483	112.37	543	45
Medium and Large 3	428	100.09	428	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.74/cwt here — about $105 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 sale70 hd

114.14

—

AL average16 barns · 2,151 hd

115.37

−1.23

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	1,148	40.00	459	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	34.49	354	4thin

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	—	475	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	116.43/cwt	114.00–119.00	617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	134.63/cwt	132.00–136.00	582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	129.05/cwt	125.00–133.00	604	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	459	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	37.48/cwt	37.00–38.00	375	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	119.67/cwt	119.00–120.00	802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	148.01/cwt	144.00–152.00	577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	137.51/cwt	137.00–138.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	164.89/cwt	161.00–169.00	514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	135.21/cwt	131.00–139.00	507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	149.14/cwt	148.00–152.00	635	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	155.92/cwt	155.00–156.00	616	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	106.23/cwt	102.00–110.00	566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	105.97/cwt	100.00–108.00	599	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	116.58/cwt	114.00–119.00	495	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	100.09/cwt	95.00–105.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	493	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	31.49/cwt	30.00–33.00	332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	116.00/cwt	114.00–118.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	118.10/cwt	118.00–119.00	565	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	103.32/cwt	100.00–105.00	648	3

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 Dec 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 179Last week 155Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 17Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. 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
2	—	475	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	114.00–119.00	116.43
3	—	432	132.00–136.00	134.63
13	—	468	125.00–133.00	129.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	119.00–120.00	119.67
4	—	390	144.00–152.00	148.01
2	—	325	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	137.00–138.00	137.51
5	—	312	161.00–169.00	164.89
5	—	577	133.00	133.00
7	—	426	148.00–152.00	149.14
13	—	395	155.00–156.00	155.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	131.00–139.00	135.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	348	121.00	121.00
4	—	533	102.00–110.00	106.23
10	—	395	120.00	120.00
10	—	565	100.00–108.00	105.97
12	—	425	114.00–119.00	116.58
2	—	493	110.00–111.00	110.50
2	—	678	100.00	100.00
3	—	627	100.00–105.00	103.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	95.00–105.00	100.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	411	120.00	120.00
2	—	510	114.00–118.00	116.00
10	—	478	118.00–119.00	118.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,148	40.00	40.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	37.00–38.00	37.48
2	—	1,053	30.00–33.00	31.49

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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