Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.39/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$121.39

39 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$0

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

$16.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	413	126.41	522	8thin
Medium and Large 1	553	120.80	668	29
Medium and Large 3	475	110.00	523	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.41/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale39 hd

121.39

—

AL average12 barns · 1,589 hd

121.10

+0.30

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	1,845	91.51	1,688	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,156	56.01	648	6thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1Value Added	—	504	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	121.91/cwt	121.00–123.00	640	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	117.26/cwt	117.00–119.00	711	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	702	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	58.67/cwt	58.00–60.00	654	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	53.36/cwt	52.00–55.00	639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	137.96/cwt	136.00–140.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	158.59/cwt	155.00–161.00	520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	130.85/cwt	128.00–135.00	493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	119.01/cwt	117.00–120.00	563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	153.96/cwt	152.00–156.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	885	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	142.63/cwt	141.00–146.00	459	3
Bulls	—	—	1,845	91.51/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	115.52/cwt	115.00–116.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	126.75/cwt	125.00–131.00	601	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	114.70/cwt	111.00–120.00	660	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	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 Aug 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 135Last week 80Year ago 159

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 12Year ago 21

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	504	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	136.00–140.00	137.96
3	—	322	141.00–146.00	142.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	155.00–161.00	158.59
2	—	575	132.00	132.00
2	—	363	152.00–156.00	153.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	697	127.00	127.00
3	—	625	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	525	121.00–123.00	121.91
8	—	606	117.00–119.00	117.26
2	—	575	122.00	122.00
5	—	420	133.00	133.00
3	—	725	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	128.00–135.00	130.85
3	—	473	117.00–120.00	119.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	115.00–116.00	115.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	125.00–131.00	126.75
4	—	675	108.00	108.00
4	—	575	111.00–120.00	114.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	58.00–60.00	58.67
3	—	1,197	52.00–55.00	53.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,845	91.00–92.00	91.51

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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