Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.79/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$140.79

62 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$7.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	412	142.54	587	37
Medium and Large 1	549	139.34	765	18thin
Medium and Large 3	388	135.30	525	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.25/cwt here — about $62 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 sale62 hd

140.79

—

AL average15 barns · 1,137 hd

140.03

+0.77

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	1,293	87.21	1,128	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	63.85	745	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	60.00	567	2thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	Medium and Large 1	—	558	154.50/cwt	154.00–155.00	862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	179.59/cwt	175.00–184.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	131.66/cwt	130.00–135.00	820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	142.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	163.45/cwt	156.00–165.00	794	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	147.51/cwt	146.00–149.00	683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	189.29/cwt	186.00–191.00	912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	155.49/cwt	155.00–156.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	145.20/cwt	139.00–147.00	616	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	125.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	183.32/cwt	180.00–189.00	599	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	147.16/cwt	144.00–149.00	478	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	141.04/cwt	138.00–144.00	450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	180.43/cwt	175.00–184.00	678	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	133.67/cwt	131.00–136.00	822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	137.34/cwt	137.00–138.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	131.80/cwt	126.00–135.00	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	140.98/cwt	139.00–142.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	127.64/cwt	125.00–129.00	613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	144.22/cwt	140.00–147.00	535	4
Bulls	—	—	1,293	87.21/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,128	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	788	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	61.80/cwt	60.00–65.00	729	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	567	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 Jan 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 169Last week 207Year ago 91

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 24Year ago 10

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	154.00–155.00	154.50
3	—	422	175.00–184.00	179.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	130.00–135.00	131.66
2	—	595	140.00–145.00	142.50
9	—	486	156.00–165.00	163.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	146.00–149.00	147.51
4	—	675	125.00	125.00
6	—	445	150.00	150.00
3	—	615	131.00–136.00	133.67
3	—	582	137.00–138.00	137.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	139.00–147.00	145.20
2	—	620	120.00–130.00	125.08
13	—	325	144.00–149.00	147.16
5	—	523	126.00–135.00	131.80
3	—	480	139.00–142.00	140.98
4	—	371	140.00–147.00	144.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	319	138.00–144.00	141.04
3	—	480	125.00–129.00	127.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	186.00–191.00	189.29
3	—	525	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	155.00–156.00	155.49
6	—	327	180.00–189.00	183.32
7	—	376	175.00–184.00	180.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	84.00–90.00	87.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	70.00	70.00
6	—	1,180	60.00–65.00	61.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	60.00	60.00

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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