Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.26/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −83.88 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.

Average price

$126.26

46 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$34.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.31

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	425	150.00	638	2thin
Medium and Large 2	530	126.71	671	38
Medium and Large 3	544	115.49	629	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.51/cwt here — about $9 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $230.57, low $195.48, median $210.14 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

126.26

—

AL average16 barns · 1,204 hd

126.57

−0.31

This barn, trailing median4 sales

210.14

−83.88

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	67.51	778	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,720	67.51	1,161	2thin

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,720	67.51/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,161	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	683	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	68.77/cwt	67.00–71.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	841	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	637	115.98/cwt	113.00–118.00	739	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	120.60/cwt	120.00–123.00	693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	144.90/cwt	143.00–148.00	607	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	744	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	126.19/cwt	125.00–127.00	644	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	129.97/cwt	129.00–131.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	130.98/cwt	130.00–132.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	117.00/cwt	113.00–121.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	686	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	142.23/cwt	139.00–145.00	374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	135.52/cwt	132.00–140.00	436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	168.51/cwt	168.00–169.00	527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	140.95/cwt	135.00–145.00	547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	126.46/cwt	125.00–128.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	4

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 Jun 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 167Year ago 128

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 48Year ago 26

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	67.00–68.00	67.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	65.00	65.00
4	—	1,204	67.00–71.00	68.77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	113.00–118.00	115.98
5	—	575	120.00–123.00	120.60
5	—	675	110.00	110.00
8	—	419	143.00–148.00	144.90
15	—	510	125.00–127.00	126.19
2	—	480	130.00–132.00	130.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	125.00–128.00	126.46
4	—	575	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	137.00	137.00
2	—	758	111.00	111.00
3	—	632	119.00	119.00
3	—	395	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	129.00–131.00	129.97
2	—	575	119.00	119.00
3	—	263	139.00–145.00	142.23
5	—	322	132.00–140.00	135.52
3	—	375	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	113.00–121.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	145.00	145.00
4	—	615	135.00	135.00
3	—	708	120.00	120.00
2	—	313	168.00–169.00	168.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	124.00	124.00
2	—	625	121.00	121.00
3	—	388	135.00–145.00	140.95

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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