Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. No replacements 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 $119.01/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$119.01

109 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$18.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.56

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	383	130.87	501	8thin
Medium and Large 2	466	119.27	556	84
Medium and Large 3	434	112.11	486	17thin

One grade step is worth $18.76/cwt here — about $15 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 sale109 hd

119.01

—

AL average11 barns · 1,791 hd

119.57

−0.56

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	1,338	75.61	1,012	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	48.48	594	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	45.37	499	13

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1	—	422	155.00/cwt	154.00–156.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	143.33/cwt	143.00–144.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	170.00/cwt	169.00–171.00	553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	473	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	162.01/cwt	161.00–163.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	128.81/cwt	128.00–130.00	422	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	126.78/cwt	120.00–128.00	667	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	143.45/cwt	135.00–150.00	610	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	109.92/cwt	108.00–111.00	632	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	114.75/cwt	113.00–118.00	439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	130.65/cwt	130.00–132.00	549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	111.32/cwt	109.00–115.00	584	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	155.69/cwt	153.00–159.00	579	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	113.75/cwt	112.00–115.00	487	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	134.88/cwt	130.00–141.00	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	583	106.53/cwt	105.00–108.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	134.56/cwt	130.00–137.00	558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	124.62/cwt	123.00–128.00	530	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	129.01/cwt	126.00–131.00	479	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	164.55/cwt	160.00–166.00	535	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	110.60/cwt	109.00–112.00	524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	150.66/cwt	147.00–154.00	482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	145.70/cwt	144.00–148.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	120.11/cwt	118.00–123.00	571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	116.46/cwt	115.00–118.00	390	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	47.82/cwt	47.00–49.00	530	5
Bulls	—	—	1,338	75.61/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,012	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	48.48/cwt	46.00–51.00	594	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	43.84/cwt	42.00–46.00	479	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	103.00/cwt	101.00–105.00	561	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 Nov 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 278Last week 124Year ago 286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 28Year ago 22

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	154.00–156.00	155.00
3	—	472	143.00–144.00	143.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	105.00	105.00
19	—	526	120.00–128.00	126.78
20	—	425	135.00–150.00	143.45
5	—	472	130.00–141.00	134.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	105.00–108.00	106.53
4	—	415	130.00–137.00	134.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	454	150.00	150.00
8	—	325	169.00–171.00	170.00
3	—	380	161.00–163.00	162.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	114.00–115.00	114.50
7	—	372	153.00–159.00	155.69
5	—	575	125.00	125.00
2	—	475	139.00	139.00
11	—	325	160.00–166.00	164.55
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	147.00–154.00	150.66
3	—	380	144.00–148.00	145.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	361	131.00	131.00
3	—	420	130.00–132.00	130.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	128.00–130.00	128.81
12	—	575	108.00–111.00	109.92
22	—	525	109.00–115.00	111.32
29	—	425	123.00–128.00	124.62
8	—	371	126.00–131.00	129.01
8	—	475	118.00–123.00	120.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	113.00–118.00	114.75
4	—	428	112.00–115.00	113.75
5	—	474	109.00–112.00	110.60
2	—	335	115.00–118.00	116.46
2	—	545	101.00–105.00	103.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,109	47.00–49.00	47.82
8	—	1,093	42.00–46.00	43.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,225	46.00–51.00	48.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	72.00–78.00	75.61

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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