Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.05/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$151.05

40 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$27.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.82

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	461	159.83	737	12thin
Medium and Large 2	454	151.38	687	22
Medium and Large 3	493	132.31	652	6thin

One grade step is worth $27.52/cwt here — about $84 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 sale40 hd

151.05

—

AL average15 barns · 888 hd

145.23

+5.82

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	—	High	1,488	89.89	1,338	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,424	62.57	891	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	60.93	692	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	55.44	550	7thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,488	89.89/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,338	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	60.38/cwt	59.00–62.00	694	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	65.23/cwt	64.00–67.00	773	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,032	54.67/cwt	54.00–55.00	564	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	61.55/cwt	60.00–63.00	884	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	64.60/cwt	64.00–66.00	904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	164.35/cwt	164.00–166.00	621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	154.86/cwt	153.00–160.00	658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	152.15/cwt	146.00–155.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	117.22/cwt	116.00–119.00	496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	481	116.23/cwt	112.00–118.00	559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	126.21/cwt	120.00–130.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	119.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	631	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	132.12/cwt	130.00–139.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	126.45/cwt	125.00–127.00	536	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	131.92/cwt	130.00–138.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	111.50/cwt	108.00–114.00	584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	116.32/cwt	113.00–118.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	166.69/cwt	166.00–168.00	550	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	49.01/cwt	48.00–50.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	611	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	59.32/cwt	59.00–60.00	583	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	56.04/cwt	55.00–57.00	546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	155.56/cwt	153.00–156.00	790	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	452	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 Feb 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 113Last week 100Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 10Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	89.00–91.00	89.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,149	59.00–62.00	60.38
5	—	1,185	64.00–67.00	65.23
3	—	1,032	54.00–55.00	54.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,436	60.00–63.00	61.55
3	—	1,400	64.00–66.00	64.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	48.00–50.00	49.01
3	—	983	59.00–60.00	59.32
2	—	975	55.00–57.00	56.04

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	140.00	140.00
5	—	625	127.00	127.00
6	—	378	164.00–166.00	164.35
6	—	425	153.00–160.00	154.86
3	—	330	166.00–168.00	166.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	120.00–130.00	126.21
2	—	423	144.00–145.00	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	161.00	161.00
3	—	375	169.00	169.00
7	—	508	153.00–156.00	155.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	146.00–155.00	152.15
6	—	522	130.00–139.00	132.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	116.00–119.00	117.22
4	—	481	112.00–118.00	116.23
6	—	524	108.00–114.00	111.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	117.00–120.00	119.49
9	—	424	125.00–127.00	126.45
4	—	370	130.00–138.00	131.92
3	—	577	113.00–118.00	116.32
2	—	325	139.00	139.00

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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