Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.66/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$141.66

32 head · 447 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.34

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	142.00	585	17thin
Medium and Large 1	528	141.59	747	12thin
Medium and Large 3	325	140.00	455	3thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $130 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 sale32 hd

141.66

—

AL average13 barns · 1,739 hd

143.01

−1.34

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	1,603	96.04	1,539	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,310	80.92	1,060	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,119	74.29	831	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	57.32	584	9thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	525	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	866	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	437	163.27/cwt	157.00–167.00	713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	845	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	145.68/cwt	145.00–147.00	682	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	184.05/cwt	183.00–185.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	164.88/cwt	160.00–170.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	150.98/cwt	150.00–152.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	137.33/cwt	137.00–138.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	146.77/cwt	140.00–150.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	139.13/cwt	139.00–140.00	601	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	3
Bulls	—	—	1,900	102.60/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,949	2
Bulls	—	—	1,305	89.47/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,168	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	770	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	77.50/cwt	76.00–79.00	878	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	80.92/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,060	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	60.09/cwt	58.00–63.00	611	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	53.85/cwt	51.00–55.00	549	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 Jan 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 97Last week 169Year ago 196

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 30Year ago 15

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	157.00–167.00	163.27
6	—	545	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	145.00–147.00	145.68
3	—	605	137.00	137.00
3	—	570	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	150.00–152.00	150.98
3	—	475	137.00–138.00	137.33
4	—	373	140.00–150.00	146.77
8	—	432	139.00–140.00	139.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	190.00	190.00
5	—	510	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	169.00	169.00
2	—	320	183.00–185.00	184.05
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	160.00–170.00	164.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,900	100.00–105.00	102.60
2	—	1,305	86.00–92.00	89.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	70.00	70.00
4	—	1,133	76.00–79.00	77.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	80.00–82.00	80.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	58.00–63.00	60.09
4	—	1,020	51.00–55.00	53.85

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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