Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.82/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$122.82

28 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$18.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.16

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	423	134.51	569	4thin
Medium and Large 2	508	121.27	616	22
Medium and Large 3	440	116.50	513	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.01/cwt here — about $56 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 sale28 hd

122.82

—

AL average15 barns · 1,973 hd

126.98

−4.16

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	47.00	508	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	134.51/cwt	133.00–135.00	569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	130.34/cwt	130.00–131.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	121.34/cwt	120.00–122.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	116.23/cwt	114.00–117.00	674	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	157.98/cwt	157.00–160.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	151.28/cwt	150.00–154.00	481	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	837.50/cwt	775.00–900.00	—	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	114.24/cwt	112.00–115.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	119.50/cwt	117.00–121.00	624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	116.50/cwt	115.00–118.00	513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	167.92/cwt	166.00–170.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	147.48/cwt	144.00–151.00	712	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 Feb 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 76Last week 104Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 6Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	47.00	47.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	133.00–135.00	134.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	137.00	137.00
3	—	380	130.00–131.00	130.34
3	—	473	120.00–122.00	121.34
4	—	580	114.00–117.00	116.23
4	—	628	112.00–115.00	114.24
6	—	522	117.00–121.00	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	115.00–118.00	116.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	157.00–160.00	157.98
2	—	333	166.00–170.00	167.92
2	—	483	144.00–151.00	147.48
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	150.00–154.00	151.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	156.00	156.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	775.00–900.00	837.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle