Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $114.56/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −95.58 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.

Average price

$114.56

63 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$16.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.22

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	118.50	647	48
Medium and Large 3	591	101.95	602	15thin

One grade step is worth $16.56/cwt here — about $45 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $230.57, low $195.48, median $210.14 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale63 hd

114.56

—

AL average12 barns · 1,103 hd

123.78

−9.22

This barn, trailing median4 sales

210.14

−95.58

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	—	Low	1,153	78.40	904	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,220	57.49	701	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	998	55.31	552	5thin

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	—	425	133.48/cwt	133.00–134.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	120.44/cwt	120.00–121.00	640	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	607	110.49/cwt	107.00–111.00	671	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	126.79/cwt	124.00–127.00	623	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	584	112.89/cwt	112.00–114.00	659	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	118.37/cwt	115.00–120.00	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	140.52/cwt	139.00–142.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	153.24/cwt	151.00–156.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	697	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	836	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	110.52/cwt	110.00–111.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	108.98/cwt	105.00–112.00	469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	102.20/cwt	100.00–103.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	515	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	133.55/cwt	128.00–134.00	473	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	134.41/cwt	130.00–140.00	508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	139.49/cwt	138.00–144.00	716	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	51.87/cwt	51.00–53.00	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	105.00/cwt	104.00–106.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	105.78/cwt	105.00–107.00	547	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	450	2
Bulls	—	—	1,153	78.40/cwt	76.00–80.00	904	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	621	97.84/cwt	97.00–99.00	608	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	62.32/cwt	62.00–63.00	686	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	56.84/cwt	55.00–59.00	737	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	48.62/cwt	47.00–50.00	440	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	59.77/cwt	57.00–61.00	634	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 Sep 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 209Last week 112Year ago 224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 14Year ago 26

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	133.00–134.00	133.48
7	—	531	120.00–121.00	120.44
8	—	607	107.00–111.00	110.49
14	—	491	124.00–127.00	126.79
17	—	584	112.00–114.00	112.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	115.00–120.00	118.37
12	—	621	97.00–99.00	97.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	139.00–142.00	140.52
4	—	368	151.00–156.00	153.24
9	—	697	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	110.00–111.00	110.52
3	—	378	130.00–140.00	134.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	138.00–144.00	139.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	105.00–112.00	108.98
2	—	383	115.00–120.00	117.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	100.00–103.00	102.20
14	—	460	112.00	112.00
1	—	625	105.00	105.00
4	—	440	113.00	113.00
4	—	575	104.00–106.00	105.00
5	—	517	105.00–107.00	105.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	354	128.00–134.00	133.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	51.00–53.00	51.87
3	—	1,100	62.00–63.00	62.32
5	—	1,297	55.00–59.00	56.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	905	47.00–50.00	48.62
3	—	1,060	57.00–61.00	59.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,153	76.00–80.00	78.40

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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