Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $103.84/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −106.30 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.

Average price

$103.84

56 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$6.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.04

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	575	104.79	602	48
Medium and Large 3	538	98.12	528	8thin

One grade step is worth $6.66/cwt here — about $74 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 sale56 hd

103.84

—

AL average11 barns · 894 hd

117.87

−14.04

This barn, trailing median4 sales

210.14

−106.30

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	40.00	386	2thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	658	92.51/cwt	90.00–95.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	123.15/cwt	118.00–126.00	528	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	101.16/cwt	95.00–105.00	586	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	118.31/cwt	115.00–122.00	553	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	756	85.92/cwt	85.00–86.00	650	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	137.96/cwt	134.00–140.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	120.24/cwt	120.00–121.00	386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	114.26/cwt	110.00–118.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	107.39/cwt	106.00–108.00	600	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	97.50/cwt	95.00–100.00	502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	116.50/cwt	116.00–117.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	95.59/cwt	95.00–98.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	107.79/cwt	105.00–115.00	577	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	327	133.02/cwt	128.00–137.00	435	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	113.31/cwt	110.00–117.00	372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	120.17/cwt	118.00–123.00	448	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	112.66/cwt	109.00–116.00	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	138.27/cwt	137.00–140.00	459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	118.43/cwt	117.00–126.00	456	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	544	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	104.38/cwt	100.00–109.00	397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	108.33/cwt	105.00–110.00	515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	633	86.00/cwt	85.00–87.00	544	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 Oct 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 96Year ago 96

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 8Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	90.00–95.00	92.51
5	—	429	118.00–126.00	123.15
5	—	579	95.00–105.00	101.16
10	—	467	115.00–122.00	118.31
12	—	756	85.00–86.00	85.92
14	—	535	105.00–115.00	107.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	95.00–100.00	97.50
1	—	585	93.00	93.00
3	—	475	105.00–110.00	108.33
2	—	633	85.00–87.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	134.00–140.00	137.96
2	—	630	116.00–117.00	116.50
3	—	663	109.00–116.00	112.66
3	—	332	137.00–140.00	138.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	327	128.00–137.00	133.02
10	—	385	117.00–126.00	118.43
2	—	425	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	321	120.00–121.00	120.24
3	—	477	110.00–118.00	114.26
5	—	559	106.00–108.00	107.39
5	—	670	95.00–98.00	95.59
2	—	640	100.00	100.00
11	—	373	118.00–123.00	120.17
2	—	430	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	110.00–117.00	113.31
2	—	380	100.00–109.00	104.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	965	40.00	40.00

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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