Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.09/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −82.05 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.

Average price

$128.09

49 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$26.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.75

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	134.98	660	6thin
Medium and Large 2	471	132.67	625	33
Medium and Large 3	531	108.81	577	10thin

One grade step is worth $26.17/cwt here — about $83 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 sale49 hd

128.09

—

AL average16 barns · 1,660 hd

129.83

−1.75

This barn, trailing median4 sales

210.14

−82.05

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	1,773	75.52	1,339	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,293	55.00	711	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,159	44.27	513	9thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	625	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	145.97/cwt	145.00–149.00	615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	111.64/cwt	107.00–116.00	645	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	121.85/cwt	118.00–124.00	637	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	131.94/cwt	129.00–139.00	629	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	141.65/cwt	135.00–147.00	603	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	161.82/cwt	158.00–164.00	539	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	533	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	171.00/cwt	169.00–173.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	342	111.00/cwt	109.00–114.00	380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	98.03/cwt	96.00–100.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	117.98/cwt	117.00–120.00	380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	119.57/cwt	115.00–125.00	448	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	160.45/cwt	158.00–163.00	590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	152.34/cwt	148.00–155.00	576	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	100.00/cwt	99.00–101.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	127.67/cwt	127.00–128.00	476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	110.00/cwt	107.00–113.00	523	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	112.50/cwt	110.00–114.00	478	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	119.03/cwt	118.00–120.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	577	101.97/cwt	100.00–104.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	108.82/cwt	106.00–111.00	568	5
Bulls	—	—	1,773	75.52/cwt	75.00–76.00	1,339	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	37.95/cwt	37.00–39.00	407	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	46.07/cwt	44.00–49.00	545	7

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 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 174Last week 179Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 14Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	113.00	113.00
4	—	421	145.00–149.00	145.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	107.00–116.00	111.64
6	—	523	118.00–124.00	121.85
9	—	477	129.00–139.00	131.94
15	—	426	135.00–147.00	141.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	118.00–120.00	119.03
3	—	577	100.00–104.00	101.97
5	—	522	106.00–111.00	108.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	333	158.00–164.00	161.82
6	—	378	148.00–155.00	152.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	169.00–173.00	171.00
2	—	368	158.00–163.00	160.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	109.00–114.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	96.00–100.00	98.03
3	—	322	117.00–120.00	117.98
7	—	375	115.00–125.00	119.57
8	—	475	107.00–113.00	110.00
10	—	425	110.00–114.00	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	99.00–101.00	100.00
3	—	373	127.00–128.00	127.67
8	—	330	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	37.00–39.00	37.95
7	—	1,183	44.00–49.00	46.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,773	75.00–76.00	75.52

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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