Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: No slaughter cows were recorded. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.36/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$131.36

16 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$41

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

$14.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.78

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	368	143.29	527	3thin
Medium and Large 2	442	128.61	568	13thin

One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale16 hd

131.36

—

AL average14 barns · 1,167 hd

132.14

−0.78

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

11 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	150.48/cwt	150.00–151.00	497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	167.27/cwt	163.00–170.00	544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	164.86/cwt	162.00–168.00	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	124.58/cwt	122.00–127.00	598	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	138.71/cwt	135.00–140.00	456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	122.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	143.29/cwt	142.00–146.00	527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	120.99/cwt	119.00–122.00	820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	126.64/cwt	125.00–130.00	722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	136.04/cwt	134.00–139.00	707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	150.31/cwt	148.00–153.00	658	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 Feb 17, 2020

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

Receipts 57Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: No slaughter cows were recorded. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	150.00–151.00	150.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	163.00–170.00	167.27
2	—	378	162.00–168.00	164.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	480	122.00–127.00	124.58
4	—	329	135.00–140.00	138.71
2	—	533	120.00–125.00	122.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	142.00–146.00	143.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	119.00–122.00	120.99
3	—	570	125.00–130.00	126.64
3	—	520	134.00–139.00	136.04
3	—	438	148.00–153.00	150.31

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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