Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.22/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$137.22

19 head · 441 lb average

Value per head Derived

$605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$155

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$23.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.47

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	378	140.86	533	12thin
Medium and Large 1	535	136.39	730	5thin
Medium and Large 3	585	117.47	687	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.39/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale19 hd

137.22

—

AL average11 barns · 835 hd

131.75

+5.47

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	1,580	98.05	1,549	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,330	74.22	987	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,125	69.91	787	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	932	60.66	565	7thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	480	129.94/cwt	127.00–133.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	125.26/cwt	121.00–131.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	543	113.52/cwt	110.00–117.00	616	2
Bulls	—	—	1,580	98.05/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,549	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	895	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	136.39/cwt	134.00–137.00	730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	132.03/cwt	131.00–134.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	146.84/cwt	145.00–151.00	474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	117.47/cwt	116.00–119.00	687	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,097	68.54/cwt	65.00–70.00	752	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	74.22/cwt	72.00–77.00	987	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	56.00/cwt	55.00–57.00	515	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	62.53/cwt	60.00–65.00	586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	111.53/cwt	109.00–114.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	411	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	514	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 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 75Last week 67Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 14Year ago 35

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	127.00–133.00	129.94
2	—	638	109.00–110.00	109.49
3	—	528	121.00–131.00	125.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	110.00–117.00	113.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	109.00–114.00	111.53
4	—	411	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	134.00–137.00	136.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	131.00–134.00	132.03
4	—	369	140.00	140.00
5	—	323	145.00–151.00	146.84
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	116.00–119.00	117.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	97.00–99.00	98.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	74.00	74.00
6	—	1,097	65.00–70.00	68.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,330	72.00–77.00	74.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	55.00–57.00	56.00
5	—	937	60.00–65.00	62.53

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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