Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.25/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$122.25

121 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$10.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.16

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	483	125.66	607	47
Medium and Large 2	444	121.35	538	60
Medium and Large 3	386	114.71	443	14thin

One grade step is worth $10.95/cwt here — about $164 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 sale121 hd

122.25

—

AL average13 barns · 1,716 hd

121.09

+1.16

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	1,216	49.22	598	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	49.00	680	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	42.83	439	6thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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%	—	1,203	50.12/cwt	48.00–53.00	603	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	46.51/cwt	46.00–47.00	584	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	680	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	44.51/cwt	43.00–46.00	436	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	39.46/cwt	39.00–40.00	440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	147.98/cwt	147.00–150.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	779	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	163.82/cwt	162.00–164.00	722	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	148.46/cwt	146.00–151.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	140.11/cwt	135.00–145.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	121.50/cwt	118.00–125.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	108.96/cwt	105.00–112.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	125.33/cwt	120.00–129.00	534	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	96.98/cwt	95.00–99.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	128.84/cwt	124.00–131.00	481	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	160.05/cwt	156.00–164.00	613	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	163.62/cwt	160.00–167.00	528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	687	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	130.20/cwt	127.00–134.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	120.39/cwt	113.00–121.00	562	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	107.94/cwt	105.00–111.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	103.69/cwt	102.00–105.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	99.47/cwt	96.00–103.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	128.65/cwt	126.00–132.00	428	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	104.45/cwt	100.00–109.00	480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	690	91.99/cwt	90.00–94.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	128.02/cwt	122.00–131.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	327	121.01/cwt	115.00–125.00	396	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	116.48/cwt	114.00–119.00	417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	155.77/cwt	154.00–159.00	656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	514	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	588	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	632	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	149.92/cwt	145.00–155.00	480	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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 277Last week 263Year ago 179

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 22Year ago 14

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,203	48.00–53.00	50.12
2	—	1,255	46.00–47.00	46.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	49.00	49.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	980	43.00–46.00	44.51
2	—	1,115	39.00–40.00	39.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	147.00–150.00	147.98
5	—	421	154.00–159.00	155.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	146.00–151.00	148.46
2	—	465	135.00–145.00	140.11
2	—	575	118.00–125.00	121.50
3	—	632	105.00–112.00	108.96
3	—	685	95.00–99.00	96.98
4	—	528	127.00–134.00	130.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	90.00–94.00	91.99
3	—	473	122.00–131.00	128.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	490	159.00	159.00
10	—	441	162.00–164.00	163.82
13	—	376	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	383	156.00–164.00	160.05
5	—	323	160.00–167.00	163.62
5	—	505	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	145.00–155.00	149.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	426	120.00–129.00	125.33
16	—	373	124.00–131.00	128.84
22	—	467	113.00–121.00	120.39
2	—	530	105.00–111.00	107.94
3	—	573	102.00–105.00	103.69
4	—	633	96.00–103.00	99.47
5	—	333	126.00–132.00	128.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	100.00–109.00	104.45
8	—	327	115.00–125.00	121.01
2	—	358	114.00–119.00	116.48
2	—	575	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	370	139.00	139.00
15	—	625	110.00	110.00
16	—	463	127.00	127.00

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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