Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.48/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$115.48

43 head · 412 lb average

Value per head Derived

$476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$10.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.52

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	406	117.60	478	34
Medium and Large 3	432	107.48	465	9thin

One grade step is worth $10.12/cwt here — about $13 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 sale43 hd

115.48

—

AL average12 barns · 1,346 hd

112.96

+2.52

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	1,225	48.23	591	3thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	48.23/cwt	46.00–50.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	120.50/cwt	118.00–123.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	122.99/cwt	121.00–129.00	574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	111.07/cwt	110.00–115.00	403	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	108.97/cwt	108.00–110.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	406	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	114.35/cwt	111.00–120.00	487	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	94.85/cwt	90.00–100.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	594	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	645	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	519	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	551	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	470	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	162.93/cwt	162.00–163.00	513	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	575	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 Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 131Last week 167Year ago 85

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 43Year ago 27

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,225	46.00–50.00	48.23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	118.00–123.00	120.50
2	—	575	118.00	118.00
4	—	440	139.00	139.00
4	—	467	121.00–129.00	122.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	94.00	94.00
4	—	423	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	110.00	110.00
2	—	528	108.00–110.00	108.97
16	—	322	126.00	126.00
8	—	426	111.00–120.00	114.35
2	—	675	90.00–100.00	94.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	363	110.00–115.00	111.07
4	—	519	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	129.00	129.00
6	—	457	130.00	130.00
4	—	375	147.00	147.00
15	—	315	162.00–163.00	162.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	376	125.00	125.00
4	—	475	121.00	121.00

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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