Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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 $128.52/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$128.52

30 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$20.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.94

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	410	137.00	562	2thin
Medium and Large 2	425	131.03	557	22
Medium and Large 3	445	116.53	519	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about $43 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 sale30 hd

128.52

—

AL average16 barns · 1,789 hd

120.59

+7.94

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	—	Average	1,275	79.43	1,013	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,120	47.00	526	1thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	137.00/cwt	136.00–138.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	135.02/cwt	133.00–137.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	133.39/cwt	132.00–135.00	696	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	149.61/cwt	142.00–153.00	633	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	147.04/cwt	144.00–150.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	118.16/cwt	117.00–121.00	577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	139.82/cwt	138.00–140.00	516	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	157.68/cwt	154.00–160.00	579	3
Bulls	—	—	1,275	79.43/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,013	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	149.34/cwt	146.00–155.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	131.28/cwt	128.00–134.00	549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	158.78/cwt	158.00–162.00	530	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	112.57/cwt	109.00–116.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	106.51/cwt	105.00–108.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	110.04/cwt	105.00–115.00	677	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 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 99Last week 196Year ago 104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 15Year ago 6

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	136.00–138.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	130.00–131.00	130.50
2	—	475	109.00–116.00	112.57
2	—	528	105.00–108.00	106.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	488	117.00–121.00	118.16
12	—	369	138.00–140.00	139.82
3	—	418	128.00–134.00	131.28
2	—	615	105.00–115.00	110.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	133.00–137.00	135.02
5	—	522	132.00–135.00	133.39
9	—	423	142.00–153.00	149.61
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	144.00–150.00	147.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	154.00–160.00	157.68
3	—	425	146.00–155.00	149.34
8	—	334	158.00–162.00	158.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	79.00–80.00	79.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	47.00	47.00

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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