Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.36/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$143.36

49 head · 405 lb average

Value per head Derived

$580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$6.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.04

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	147.00	713	6thin
Medium and Large 2	409	143.80	588	32
Medium and Large 3	347	140.09	486	11thin

One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $227 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 sale49 hd

143.36

—

AL average16 barns · 1,641 hd

140.31

+3.04

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,377	78.50	1,081	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	76.85	878	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	926	65.40	606	15

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	530	165.94/cwt	160.00–169.00	879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	147.04/cwt	145.00–150.00	551	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	139.42/cwt	135.00–143.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	149.86/cwt	147.00–153.00	487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	187.50/cwt	185.00–190.00	891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	685	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	656	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	331	182.23/cwt	179.00–184.00	603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	186.96/cwt	185.00–191.00	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	140.47/cwt	138.00–146.00	462	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	127.95/cwt	126.00–130.00	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	139.52/cwt	138.00–140.00	656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	139.49/cwt	137.00–142.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	713	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	70.99/cwt	70.00–72.00	699	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	909	61.37/cwt	60.00–63.00	558	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	73.18/cwt	70.00–75.00	817	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	79.15/cwt	77.00–82.00	917	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	75.99/cwt	75.00–77.00	1,040	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	80.51/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,114	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	921	65.95/cwt	65.00–69.00	607	9

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 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 149Last week 109Year ago 100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 39Year ago 10

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	160.00–169.00	165.94
2	—	475	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	375	145.00–150.00	147.04
2	—	525	134.00	134.00
2	—	325	147.00–153.00	149.86
2	—	580	126.00–130.00	127.95
4	—	470	138.00–140.00	139.52
2	—	428	137.00–142.00	139.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	135.00–143.00	139.42
7	—	329	138.00–146.00	140.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	180.00	180.00
7	—	345	190.00	190.00
4	—	376	185.00–191.00	186.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	187.00	187.00
4	—	475	185.00–190.00	187.50
7	—	355	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	331	179.00–184.00	182.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	70.00–72.00	70.99
4	—	909	60.00–63.00	61.37
9	—	921	65.00–69.00	65.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,117	70.00–75.00	73.18
8	—	1,159	77.00–82.00	79.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,368	75.00–77.00	75.99
5	—	1,384	78.00–84.00	80.51

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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