Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.15/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$150.15

24 head · 434 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

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

$7.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.33

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	401	154.63	620	9thin
Medium and Large 1	453	147.47	668	15thin

One grade step is worth $7.16/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale24 hd

150.15

—

AL average16 barns · 1,229 hd

137.82

+12.33

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	49.51	732	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,088	45.95	500	2thin

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%	—	1,088	45.95/cwt	44.00–48.00	500	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	49.51/cwt	49.00–50.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	155.99/cwt	155.00–157.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	141.37/cwt	138.00–145.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	141.96/cwt	140.00–146.00	528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	163.49/cwt	163.00–164.00	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	158.25/cwt	155.00–161.00	597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	110.00/cwt	109.00–111.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	101.98/cwt	100.00–104.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	121.99/cwt	120.00–124.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	116.97/cwt	113.00–121.00	675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	111.32/cwt	110.00–113.00	698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	641	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	705.00/cwt	700.00–710.00	—	4
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	488.33/cwt	410.00–560.00	—	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	676	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	129.13/cwt	124.00–133.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	129.00/cwt	126.00–132.00	535	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 Jan 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 91Last week 89Year ago 102

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 17Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 6Year ago 5

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	44.00–48.00	45.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	49.00–50.00	49.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	155.00–157.00	155.99
2	—	478	138.00–145.00	141.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	120.00–124.00	121.99
3	—	577	113.00–121.00	116.97
3	—	627	110.00–113.00	111.32
7	—	493	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	140.00–146.00	141.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	109.00–111.00	110.00
2	—	633	100.00–104.00	101.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	109.00–110.00	109.51
3	—	380	124.00–133.00	129.13
2	—	415	126.00–132.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	163.00–164.00	163.49
13	—	466	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	140.00–144.00	141.96
7	—	377	155.00–161.00	158.25

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	700.00–710.00	705.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	410.00–560.00	488.33

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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New Brockton Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle