Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $124.72/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$124.72

29 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$21.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.52

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	141.00	716	6thin
Medium and Large 3	433	125.28	542	4thin
Medium and Large 2	593	119.47	708	19thin

One grade step is worth $21.53/cwt here — about $8 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 sale29 hd

124.72

—

AL average4 barns · 41 hd

127.24

−2.52

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	1,928	90.00	1,735	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	54.40	570	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	126.62/cwt	125.00–130.00	593	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	94.33/cwt	94.00–95.00	634	3
Bulls	—	—	1,928	90.00/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,735	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	54.40/cwt	53.00–56.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	761	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	761	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	132.13/cwt	127.00–137.00	509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	118.43/cwt	115.00–122.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	690	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	120.45/cwt	119.00–122.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	107.03/cwt	105.00–108.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	126.02/cwt	124.00–129.00	479	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	136.72/cwt	135.00–141.00	649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	528	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	634	4

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 Apr 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 88Last week 28Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 6Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	125.00–130.00	126.62
3	—	672	94.00–95.00	94.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	130.00	130.00
5	—	513	115.00	115.00
8	—	639	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	119.00–122.00	120.45
2	—	478	109.00–110.00	109.49
3	—	518	105.00–108.00	107.03
6	—	380	124.00–129.00	126.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	761	100.00	100.00
2	—	378	144.00–145.00	144.50
3	—	643	118.00	118.00
4	—	475	135.00–141.00	136.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	508	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	127.00–137.00	132.13
2	—	480	115.00–122.00	118.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,928	88.00–92.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	53.00–56.00	54.40

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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