Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.63/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$120.63

67 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

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

$18.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	411	135.99	559	5thin
Medium and Large 2	503	120.41	605	37
Medium and Large 3	440	117.87	518	25

One grade step is worth $18.12/cwt here — about $41 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 sale67 hd

120.63

—

AL average16 barns · 1,834 hd

121.73

−1.10

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	1,473	84.66	1,247	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,370	71.95	986	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	62.67	733	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,014	58.26	591	8thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	—	1,473	84.66/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,247	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	63.08/cwt	61.00–65.00	735	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	68.44/cwt	68.00–69.00	876	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	56.50/cwt	55.00–58.00	602	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	71.95/cwt	70.00–74.00	986	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	135.61/cwt	135.00–142.00	709	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	117.54/cwt	114.00–121.00	618	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	120.99/cwt	119.00–125.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	114.79/cwt	114.00–116.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	142.21/cwt	142.00–144.00	678	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	125.94/cwt	123.00–129.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	116.36/cwt	115.00–119.00	500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	713	114.49/cwt	113.00–116.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	126.29/cwt	125.00–128.00	544	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	113.98/cwt	110.00–116.00	716	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	113.54/cwt	111.00–116.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	713	106.00/cwt	105.00–107.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	113.72/cwt	110.00–116.00	540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	111.55/cwt	110.00–113.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	133.03/cwt	131.00–135.00	576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	116.50/cwt	115.00–119.00	669	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	144.22/cwt	140.00–149.00	600	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	129.47/cwt	127.00–135.00	615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	114.85/cwt	113.00–118.00	716	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	472	121.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	573	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	147.28/cwt	146.00–150.00	576	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	53.46/cwt	52.00–55.00	556	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	58.29/cwt	57.00–61.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	145.73/cwt	145.00–150.00	479	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	584	108.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	634	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	127.67/cwt	127.00–128.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	148.48/cwt	148.00–149.00	468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	122.42/cwt	120.00–125.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	582	128.64/cwt	126.00–130.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	123.58/cwt	119.00–125.00	466	10

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 May 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 237Last week 144Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 12Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	84.00–85.00	84.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	61.00–65.00	63.08
2	—	1,280	68.00–69.00	68.44
2	—	1,065	55.00–58.00	56.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	70.00–74.00	71.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	63.00	63.00
2	—	1,040	52.00–55.00	53.46
4	—	1,003	57.00–61.00	58.29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	523	135.00–142.00	135.61
10	—	477	142.00–144.00	142.21
2	—	633	123.00–129.00	125.94
7	—	575	130.00	130.00
9	—	391	146.00–150.00	147.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	113.00–116.00	114.49
9	—	329	145.00–150.00	145.73
3	—	582	126.00–130.00	128.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	114.00–121.00	117.54
7	—	475	119.00–125.00	120.99
5	—	571	114.00–116.00	114.79
13	—	431	125.00–128.00	126.29
5	—	628	110.00–116.00	113.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	115.00–119.00	116.36
4	—	475	110.00–116.00	113.72
2	—	523	110.00–113.00	111.55
2	—	325	125.00	125.00
4	—	584	105.00–110.00	108.48
10	—	377	119.00–125.00	123.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	127.00–128.00	127.67
2	—	315	148.00–149.00	148.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	111.00–116.00	113.54
2	—	713	105.00–107.00	106.00
8	—	574	115.00–119.00	116.50
15	—	416	140.00–149.00	144.22
4	—	475	127.00–135.00	129.47
7	—	623	113.00–118.00	114.85
2	—	528	120.00–125.00	122.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	131.00–135.00	133.03
2	—	515	117.00–118.00	117.50
6	—	472	120.00–125.00	121.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	131.00	131.00

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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