Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.32/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$127.32

36 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$3.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.65

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	458	127.54	584	34
Medium and Large 3	320	123.55	395	2thin

One grade step is worth $3.99/cwt here — about $189 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 sale36 hd

127.32

—

AL average16 barns · 1,413 hd

123.67

+3.65

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%	High	1,216	64.62	786	8thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	120.46/cwt	117.00–121.00	634	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	133.58/cwt	127.00–136.00	573	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	135.18/cwt	135.00–137.00	656	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	120.40/cwt	118.00–125.00	573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	143.15/cwt	138.00–145.00	470	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	69.48/cwt	68.00–71.00	878	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	59.76/cwt	58.00–62.00	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	159.14/cwt	156.00–161.00	597	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	162.88/cwt	160.00–166.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	123.55/cwt	122.00–125.00	395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	630	104.54/cwt	103.00–106.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	149.75/cwt	148.00–151.00	636	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	3

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 Feb 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 99Year ago 76

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 10Year ago 12

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	120.00	120.00
7	—	375	156.00–161.00	159.14
3	—	327	160.00–166.00	162.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	139.00	139.00
3	—	475	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	526	117.00–121.00	120.46
8	—	429	127.00–136.00	133.58
7	—	476	118.00–125.00	120.40
6	—	328	138.00–145.00	143.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	122.00–125.00	123.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	485	135.00–137.00	135.18
6	—	525	129.00	129.00
4	—	425	148.00–151.00	149.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	103.00–106.00	104.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,264	68.00–71.00	69.48
4	—	1,168	58.00–62.00	59.76

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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