Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.80/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$109.80

65 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$39

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

$12.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.35

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	410	122.00	500	2thin
Medium and Large 3	396	110.60	438	12thin
Medium and Large 2	494	109.13	539	51

One grade step is worth $12.87/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale65 hd

109.80

—

AL average12 barns · 1,472 hd

113.15

−3.35

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	1,205	51.81	624	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	47.00	469	15

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	122.00/cwt	120.00–124.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	138.40/cwt	137.00–142.00	512	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	119.01/cwt	116.00–122.00	789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	509	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	105.85/cwt	102.00–110.00	556	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	53.46/cwt	52.00–55.00	606	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	48.75/cwt	46.00–51.00	502	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	55.27/cwt	55.00–56.00	702	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	48.22/cwt	45.00–50.00	604	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	43.49/cwt	40.00–45.00	407	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	815	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	126.11/cwt	126.00–127.00	748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	114.01/cwt	110.00–116.00	486	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	104.88/cwt	104.00–105.00	536	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	102.87/cwt	102.00–105.00	604	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	121.97/cwt	120.00–124.00	584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	115.34/cwt	114.00–119.00	609	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	123.69/cwt	123.00–125.00	411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	121.69/cwt	118.00–124.00	448	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	107.40/cwt	105.00–109.00	456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	118.03/cwt	116.00–120.00	372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	133.56/cwt	132.00–135.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	103.03/cwt	100.00–106.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	134.25/cwt	130.00–137.00	581	4

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 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 167Last week 209Year ago 302

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 29Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	120.00–124.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	100.00	100.00
6	—	476	106.00–108.00	107.00
10	—	426	110.00–116.00	114.01
9	—	511	104.00–105.00	104.88
9	—	587	102.00–105.00	102.87
3	—	332	123.00–125.00	123.69
3	—	703	97.00	97.00
7	—	368	118.00–124.00	121.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	105.00–109.00	107.40
2	—	375	115.00	115.00
3	—	315	116.00–120.00	118.03
2	—	465	100.00–106.00	103.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	370	137.00–142.00	138.40
2	—	663	116.00–122.00	119.01
3	—	703	116.00	116.00
5	—	467	138.00	138.00
9	—	593	126.00–127.00	126.11
3	—	295	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	132.00–135.00	133.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	102.00–110.00	105.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	120.00–124.00	121.97
9	—	528	114.00–119.00	115.34
4	—	433	130.00–137.00	134.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,133	52.00–55.00	53.46
4	—	1,271	55.00–56.00	55.27
8	—	1,253	45.00–50.00	48.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,029	46.00–51.00	48.75
5	—	935	40.00–45.00	43.49

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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