Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.53/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$140.53

37 head · 429 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

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

$21.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.93

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	360	148.50	535	19thin
Medium and Large 1	550	135.45	746	11thin
Medium and Large 3	424	126.86	538	7thin

One grade step is worth $21.64/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale37 hd

140.53

—

AL average10 barns · 914 hd

133.59

+6.93

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	56.56	665	9thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	—	525	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	140.46/cwt	138.00–143.00	591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	117.56/cwt	114.00–120.00	675	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	127.14/cwt	126.00–134.00	582	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	123.16/cwt	120.00–125.00	643	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	114.29/cwt	111.00–117.00	715	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	154.53/cwt	154.00–158.00	505	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	144.11/cwt	143.00–152.00	553	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.75/cwt	140.00–141.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	101.98/cwt	99.00–103.00	692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	113.60/cwt	112.00–116.00	540	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	473	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	757	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	540	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	60.49/cwt	59.00–62.00	809	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	55.44/cwt	52.00–57.00	626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	682	6

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 122Last week 181Year ago 117

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 8Year ago 32

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	138.00–143.00	140.46
5	—	574	114.00–120.00	117.56
7	—	458	126.00–134.00	127.14
7	—	522	120.00–125.00	123.16
7	—	626	111.00–117.00	114.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	115.00–120.00	117.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	327	154.00–158.00	154.53
11	—	384	143.00–152.00	144.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	119.00	119.00
5	—	364	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	138.00	138.00
7	—	565	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	140.00–141.00	140.75
4	—	679	99.00–103.00	101.98
5	—	475	112.00–116.00	113.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	121.00	121.00
6	—	583	117.00	117.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	59.00–62.00	60.49
7	—	1,129	52.00–57.00	55.44

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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