Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.60/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$148.60

88 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$284

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

$4.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.26

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	357	152.50	544	6thin
Medium and Large 2	472	149.15	703	16thin
Medium and Large 1	559	148.11	828	66

One grade step is worth $4.40/cwt here — about −$284 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 sale88 hd

148.60

—

AL average14 barns · 979 hd

146.33

+2.26

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	1,618	89.41	1,447	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,063	67.02	712	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	932	59.00	550	9thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	67.02/cwt	65.00–68.00	712	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	68.95/cwt	68.00–70.00	641	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	53.00/cwt	52.00–54.00	495	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	60.36/cwt	60.00–61.00	563	3
Bulls	—	—	1,618	89.41/cwt	89.00–90.00	1,447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	136.60/cwt	134.00–139.00	719	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	126.80/cwt	126.00–128.00	793	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	143.47/cwt	143.00–146.00	848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	151.06/cwt	146.00–155.00	801	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	142.24/cwt	142.00–143.00	542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	144.39/cwt	144.00–146.00	746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	159.09/cwt	159.00–160.00	702	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	129.13/cwt	125.00–132.00	741	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	150.48/cwt	149.00–154.00	635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	171.69/cwt	167.00–175.00	639	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	152.51/cwt	150.00–155.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	129.51/cwt	129.00–130.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	134.15/cwt	130.00–136.00	641	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	130.35/cwt	127.00–135.00	686	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	160.43/cwt	157.00–165.00	614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	155.53/cwt	155.00–156.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	139.00/cwt	137.00–141.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	136.72/cwt	134.00–138.00	582	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	162.05/cwt	160.00–164.00	507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	571	122.54/cwt	120.00–123.00	700	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	143.63/cwt	143.00–144.00	885	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	645	111.00/cwt	107.00–115.00	716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	133.20/cwt	133.00–134.00	701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	150.99/cwt	149.00–154.00	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	117.99/cwt	116.00–120.00	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	134.43/cwt	131.00–138.00	897	14

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 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 271Last week 85Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 17Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	65.00–68.00	67.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	930	68.00–70.00	68.95
4	—	934	52.00–54.00	53.00
3	—	932	60.00–61.00	60.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,618	89.00–90.00	89.41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	526	134.00–139.00	136.60
5	—	625	126.00–128.00	126.80
4	—	381	142.00–143.00	142.24
2	—	708	116.00–120.00	117.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	129.00–130.00	129.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	478	130.00–136.00	134.15
2	—	325	142.00	142.00
4	—	368	137.00–141.00	139.00
11	—	426	134.00–138.00	136.72
5	—	526	133.00–134.00	133.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	591	143.00–146.00	143.47
10	—	530	146.00–155.00	151.06
10	—	441	159.00–160.00	159.09
7	—	372	167.00–175.00	171.69
19	—	616	143.00–144.00	143.63
14	—	667	131.00–138.00	134.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	517	144.00–146.00	144.39
2	—	443	150.00–155.00	152.51
2	—	475	147.00	147.00
2	—	675	130.00	130.00
3	—	383	157.00–165.00	160.43
2	—	313	160.00–164.00	162.05
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	155.00–156.00	155.53
4	—	371	149.00–154.00	150.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	115.00	115.00
4	—	459	140.00	140.00
8	—	574	125.00–132.00	129.13
10	—	422	149.00–154.00	150.48
14	—	526	127.00–135.00	130.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	571	120.00–123.00	122.54
4	—	425	140.00	140.00
8	—	480	130.00	130.00
2	—	645	107.00–115.00	111.00

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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