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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.19/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$139.19

78 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$13.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.39

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	480	140.86	677	42
Medium and Large 2	449	137.84	618	34
Medium and Large 3	375	127.00	476	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.86/cwt here — about $200 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 sale78 hd

139.19

—

AL average16 barns · 1,697 hd

133.80

+5.39

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	1,526	90.05	1,374	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	67.48	1,036	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	64.46	815	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	923	55.99	517	3thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,738	95.54/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,660	2
Bulls	—	—	1,313	84.56/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,110	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	64.46/cwt	64.00–65.00	815	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	67.48/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,036	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	55.99/cwt	55.00–57.00	517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	154.01/cwt	153.00–155.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	175.43/cwt	173.00–178.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	170.07/cwt	169.00–177.00	750	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	732	123.64/cwt	121.00–125.00	905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	153.03/cwt	149.00–157.00	658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	142.36/cwt	139.00–150.00	676	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	141.38/cwt	139.00–144.00	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	141.09/cwt	138.00–143.00	674	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	147.04/cwt	145.00–151.00	637	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	132.27/cwt	130.00–135.00	694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	144.00/cwt	143.00–145.00	828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	163.95/cwt	161.00–170.00	610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	147.60/cwt	144.00–150.00	483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	139.83/cwt	139.00–141.00	730	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	127.33/cwt	126.00–128.00	796	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	136.33/cwt	135.00–137.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	131.99/cwt	130.00–133.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	143.33/cwt	140.00–150.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	134.82/cwt	131.00–138.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	142.99/cwt	139.00–147.00	539	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	160.73/cwt	158.00–163.00	696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	130.35/cwt	129.00–131.00	740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	153.18/cwt	149.00–156.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.99/cwt	134.00–137.00	706	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	161.10/cwt	159.00–169.00	780	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	135.02/cwt	134.00–136.00	625	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	730.00/cwt	675.00–825.00	—	5

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 Aug 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 204Last week 163Year ago 80

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 8Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 8Year ago 7

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,738	95.00–96.00	95.54
2	—	1,313	84.00–85.00	84.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	64.00–65.00	64.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	67.00–68.00	67.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	55.00–57.00	55.99

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	153.00–155.00	154.01
3	—	732	121.00–125.00	123.64
4	—	433	158.00–163.00	160.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	430	149.00–157.00	153.03
8	—	475	139.00–150.00	142.36
6	—	522	139.00–141.00	139.83
6	—	625	126.00–128.00	127.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	135.00–137.00	136.33
3	—	527	130.00–133.00	131.99
2	—	463	134.00–136.00	135.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	123.00	123.00
9	—	478	138.00–143.00	141.09
15	—	433	145.00–151.00	147.04
3	—	568	129.00–131.00	130.35
4	—	379	149.00–156.00	153.18
7	—	523	134.00–137.00	134.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	121.00	121.00
5	—	426	139.00–144.00	141.38
11	—	525	130.00–135.00	132.27
3	—	327	144.00–150.00	147.60
5	—	480	131.00–138.00	134.82
9	—	377	139.00–147.00	142.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	173.00–178.00	175.43
2	—	510	160.00–161.00	160.50
8	—	441	169.00–177.00	170.07
12	—	484	159.00–169.00	161.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	575	143.00–145.00	144.00
3	—	372	161.00–170.00	163.95
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	140.00–150.00	143.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	675.00–825.00	730.00

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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New Brockton Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle