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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.42/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −84.72 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.

Average price

$125.42

21 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$3.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.90

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	128.39	699	5thin
Medium and Large 2	524	124.49	653	16thin

One grade step is worth $3.91/cwt here — about $46 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $230.57, low $195.48, median $210.14 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale21 hd

125.42

—

AL average12 barns · 999 hd

127.32

−1.90

This barn, trailing median4 sales

210.14

−84.72

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	—	Average	1,335	88.53	1,182	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,200	67.84	814	5thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	570	125.49/cwt	124.00–127.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	130.33/cwt	129.00–131.00	687	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	121.94/cwt	120.00–124.00	634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	114.62/cwt	111.00–118.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	130.13/cwt	130.00–131.00	608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	120.73/cwt	119.00–122.00	578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	136.03/cwt	135.00–137.00	517	2
Bulls	—	—	1,335	88.53/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,182	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	73.43/cwt	73.00–74.00	861	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	64.11/cwt	61.00–66.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	114.66/cwt	114.00–116.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	523	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 Jun 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 67Last week 0Year ago 207

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 27

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	124.00–127.00	125.49
3	—	527	129.00–131.00	130.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	120.00–124.00	121.94
3	—	577	120.00–122.00	121.01
3	—	628	111.00–118.00	114.62
8	—	467	130.00–131.00	130.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	119.00–122.00	120.73
2	—	575	115.00	115.00
3	—	522	114.00–116.00	114.66
4	—	422	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	135.00–137.00	136.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	86.00–91.00	88.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,173	73.00–74.00	73.43
3	—	1,218	61.00–66.00	64.11

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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