Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.25/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$139.25

26 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$24.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.84

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	148.00	703	2thin
Medium and Large 2	486	141.49	687	20
Medium and Large 3	549	123.68	679	4thin

One grade step is worth $24.32/cwt here — about $24 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 sale26 hd

139.25

—

AL average15 barns · 1,423 hd

141.09

−1.84

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	1,843	102.52	1,889	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,291	73.74	952	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,181	70.33	831	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	62.25	628	8thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	415	180.44/cwt	178.00–183.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	160.43/cwt	158.00–163.00	850	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	154.97/cwt	153.00–160.00	762	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	169.97/cwt	168.00–172.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	142.57/cwt	140.00–145.00	674	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	198.28/cwt	196.00–200.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	766	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	145.51/cwt	145.00–146.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	134.11/cwt	130.00–138.00	770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	158.46/cwt	157.00–160.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	119.36/cwt	115.00–124.00	684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	178.96/cwt	178.00–183.00	673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	213.85/cwt	208.00–218.00	582	3
Bulls	—	—	1,843	102.52/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,889	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	67.06/cwt	66.00–68.00	778	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	64.15/cwt	62.00–66.00	640	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	56.55/cwt	55.00–58.00	591	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	72.29/cwt	70.00–74.00	863	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	73.74/cwt	72.00–75.00	952	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 Jan 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 97Year ago 99

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 33Year ago 10

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	178.00–183.00	180.44
2	—	530	158.00–163.00	160.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	492	153.00–160.00	154.97
2	—	438	168.00–172.00	169.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	473	140.00–145.00	142.57
2	—	385	145.00–146.00	145.51
7	—	574	130.00–138.00	134.11
2	—	335	157.00–160.00	158.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	128.00	128.00
2	—	573	115.00–124.00	119.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	196.00–200.00	198.28
2	—	475	180.00	180.00
3	—	272	208.00–218.00	213.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	435	176.00	176.00
6	—	376	178.00–183.00	178.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,843	101.00–104.00	102.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	66.00–68.00	67.06
5	—	1,194	70.00–74.00	72.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	997	62.00–66.00	64.15
2	—	1,045	55.00–58.00	56.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	72.00–75.00	73.74

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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