Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.66/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$117.66

26 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$7.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.43

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	123.60	587	5thin
Medium and Large 2	487	116.24	566	21

One grade step is worth $7.36/cwt here — about $21 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 sale26 hd

117.66

—

AL average11 barns · 1,051 hd

118.09

−0.43

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	1,203	59.58	717	4thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	150.51/cwt	150.00–151.00	564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	115.94/cwt	113.00–119.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	119.96/cwt	117.00–124.00	513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	133.27/cwt	127.00–137.00	444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	158.71/cwt	156.00–161.00	522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	660	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	126.28/cwt	124.00–132.00	609	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	636	111.84/cwt	110.00–112.00	711	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	59.58/cwt	58.00–63.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	123.60/cwt	123.00–124.00	587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	109.52/cwt	109.00–110.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	565	3

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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 122Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 17Year ago 7

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	150.00–151.00	150.51
2	—	470	130.00–135.00	132.42
4	—	329	156.00–161.00	158.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	113.00–119.00	115.94
4	—	428	117.00–124.00	119.96
5	—	333	127.00–137.00	133.27
7	—	623	104.00	104.00
2	—	528	109.00–110.00	109.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	123.00–124.00	123.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	123.00	123.00
6	—	482	124.00–132.00	126.28
12	—	636	110.00–112.00	111.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,203	58.00–63.00	59.58

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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