Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements 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 $128.50/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$128.50

43 head · 444 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$10.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.46

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	136.20	619	10thin
Medium and Large 3	325	130.00	423	2thin
Medium and Large 2	448	125.92	564	31

One grade step is worth $10.28/cwt here — about $55 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 sale43 hd

128.50

—

AL average15 barns · 1,831 hd

129.96

−1.46

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	2,125	80.50	1,711	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	140.27/cwt	139.00–143.00	457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	140.28/cwt	138.00–143.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	123.20/cwt	120.00–124.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	120.71/cwt	118.00–128.00	571	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	148.32/cwt	148.00–149.00	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	159.50/cwt	159.00–160.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	119.81/cwt	119.00–121.00	634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	127.96/cwt	126.00–134.00	541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	171.24/cwt	169.00–176.00	545	3
Bulls	—	—	2,170	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,736	1
Bulls	—	—	2,080	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	150.96/cwt	150.00–155.00	636	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	116.50/cwt	113.00–120.00	751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	134.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	142.44/cwt	140.00–145.00	688	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 Jan 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 104Last week 102Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 8Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	139.00–143.00	140.27
3	—	380	138.00–143.00	140.28
15	—	473	118.00–128.00	120.71
5	—	529	119.00–121.00	119.81
4	—	423	126.00–134.00	127.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	120.00–124.00	123.20
3	—	368	148.00–149.00	148.32
2	—	308	150.00–151.00	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	159.00–160.00	159.50
3	—	318	169.00–176.00	171.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	150.00–155.00	150.96
2	—	645	113.00–120.00	116.50
2	—	525	130.00–140.00	134.86
2	—	483	140.00–145.00	142.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,170	80.00	80.00
1	—	2,080	81.00	81.00

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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