Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available. Market closed for two weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.85/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$128.85

99 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$22.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.51

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	403	129.64	522	15thin
Medium and Large 1	501	129.50	648	81
Medium and Large 3	482	107.29	517	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.35/cwt here — about $5 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 sale99 hd

128.85

—

AL average4 barns · 376 hd

127.34

+1.51

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	1,980	73.39	1,453	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	47.52	638	2thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	590	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	141.95/cwt	139.00–145.00	688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	138.59/cwt	133.00–143.00	710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	802	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	158.34/cwt	152.00–162.00	679	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	682	111.83/cwt	111.00–112.00	763	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	166.19/cwt	165.00–170.00	625	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	166.48/cwt	166.00–167.00	549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	157.48/cwt	157.00–158.00	740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	163.00/cwt	161.00–166.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	137.76/cwt	135.00–142.00	511	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	156.67/cwt	150.00–160.00	603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	174.48/cwt	171.00–176.00	567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	123.00/cwt	122.00–124.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	117.55/cwt	115.00–120.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	137.50/cwt	137.00–138.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	125.50/cwt	118.00–129.00	541	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	107.29/cwt	104.00–109.00	517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	594	117.25/cwt	117.00–118.00	696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	140.00/cwt	136.00–144.00	595	2
Bulls	—	—	1,980	73.39/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,453	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	47.52/cwt	47.00–48.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	140.32/cwt	140.00–141.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	133.49/cwt	133.00–135.00	562	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	459	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	698	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	643	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	765	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	647	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	689	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	354	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	457	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	749	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 Jan 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 233Last week 174Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 27Year ago 0

No trends available. Market closed for two weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	126.00–127.00	126.50
3	—	485	139.00–145.00	141.95
3	—	512	133.00–143.00	138.59
4	—	743	108.00	108.00
5	—	429	152.00–162.00	158.34
6	—	682	111.00–112.00	111.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	594	117.00–118.00	117.25
2	—	425	136.00–144.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	459	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	376	165.00–170.00	166.19
2	—	470	157.00–158.00	157.48
3	—	433	161.00–166.00	163.00
5	—	645	130.00	130.00
6	—	325	171.00–176.00	174.48
10	—	570	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	166.00–167.00	166.48
4	—	385	150.00–160.00	156.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	457	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	371	135.00–142.00	137.76
4	—	525	122.00–124.00	123.00
3	—	320	140.00–141.00	140.32
4	—	421	133.00–135.00	133.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	359	139.00	139.00
2	—	485	115.00–120.00	117.55
2	—	308	137.00–138.00	137.50
7	—	431	118.00–129.00	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	104.00–109.00	107.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	643	119.00	119.00
17	—	485	133.50	133.50
24	—	558	123.50	123.50
7	—	354	146.00	146.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,980	72.00–75.00	73.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	47.00–48.00	47.52

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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