Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.09/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$116.09

62 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$9.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.32

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	118.76	630	44
Medium and Large 3	428	110.98	475	2thin
Medium and Large 2	550	109.37	601	16thin

One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about $28 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 sale62 hd

116.09

—

AL average2 barns · 165 hd

117.41

−1.32

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	1,608	97.45	1,567	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,138	61.93	705	2thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	483	123.41/cwt	120.00–127.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	99.31/cwt	98.00–101.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	106.51/cwt	105.00–109.00	670	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	110.59/cwt	110.00–113.00	629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	116.48/cwt	112.00–121.00	615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	132.11/cwt	129.00–134.00	554	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	116.43/cwt	114.00–119.00	786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	138.83/cwt	138.00–139.00	675	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	142.03/cwt	140.00–144.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	106.53/cwt	104.00–109.00	610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	96.95/cwt	95.00–99.00	652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	135.51/cwt	134.00–136.00	715	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	124.04/cwt	117.00–127.00	776	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	148.30/cwt	146.00–149.00	503	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	99.66/cwt	99.00–101.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	119.32/cwt	117.00–121.00	552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	124.14/cwt	124.00–125.00	570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	121.87/cwt	118.00–124.00	652	10
Bulls	—	—	1,608	97.45/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,567	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	61.93/cwt	60.00–64.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	125.63/cwt	125.00–126.00	550	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	114.09/cwt	114.00–115.00	675	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	101.16/cwt	100.00–103.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	475	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 Jul 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 64Year ago 125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 18Year ago 22

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	120.00–127.00	123.41
3	—	673	98.00–101.00	99.31
4	—	629	105.00–109.00	106.51
5	—	569	110.00–113.00	110.59
6	—	528	112.00–121.00	116.48
7	—	419	129.00–134.00	132.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	114.00–119.00	116.43
4	—	569	133.00	133.00
17	—	486	138.00–139.00	138.83
12	—	528	134.00–136.00	135.51
14	—	626	117.00–127.00	124.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	140.00–144.00	142.03
4	—	339	146.00–149.00	148.30
6	—	428	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	104.00–109.00	106.53
2	—	673	95.00–99.00	96.95
3	—	363	126.00	126.00
3	—	463	117.00–121.00	119.32
6	—	638	100.00–103.00	101.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	101.00	101.00
3	—	672	99.00–101.00	99.66
7	—	459	124.00–125.00	124.14
10	—	535	118.00–124.00	121.87
11	—	438	125.00–126.00	125.63
11	—	592	114.00–115.00	114.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	110.00–112.00	110.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	94.00–100.00	97.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	60.00–64.00	61.93

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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