Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.82/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$142.82

44 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$17.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.07

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	152.63	715	14thin
Medium and Large 2	522	139.32	728	22
Medium and Large 3	423	135.25	572	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.38/cwt here — about $143 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 sale44 hd

142.82

—

AL average16 barns · 1,447 hd

140.75

+2.07

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,133	69.04	782	6thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 2	—	590	138.54/cwt	134.00–143.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	158.85/cwt	154.00–160.00	778	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	149.24/cwt	148.00–151.00	776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	153.56/cwt	151.00–154.00	703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	135.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	845	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	158.98/cwt	157.00–161.00	843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	164.66/cwt	164.00–165.00	705	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	160.84/cwt	160.00–162.00	782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	150.51/cwt	147.00–155.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	129.89/cwt	129.00–130.00	822	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	69.04/cwt	67.00–72.00	782	6

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 May 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 154Year ago 122

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 16Year ago 7

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	134.00–143.00	138.54
5	—	490	154.00–160.00	158.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	155.00	155.00
4	—	520	148.00–151.00	149.24
7	—	458	151.00–154.00	153.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	130.00–140.00	135.00
2	—	523	125.00–127.00	126.01
4	—	375	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	147.00–155.00	150.51
2	—	375	150.00	150.00
7	—	535	142.00	142.00
9	—	633	129.00–130.00	129.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	625	150.00	150.00
8	—	515	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	157.00–161.00	158.98
3	—	428	164.00–165.00	164.66
7	—	486	160.00–162.00	160.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,133	67.00–72.00	69.04

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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