Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.97/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$158.97

59 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$10.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.31

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	160.85	869	46
Medium and Large 2	543	154.50	839	6thin
Medium and Large 3	443	150.42	666	7thin

One grade step is worth $10.43/cwt here — about $203 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 sale59 hd

158.97

—

AL average16 barns · 1,419 hd

158.66

+0.31

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%	Low	1,192	69.03	823	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	948	67.50	640	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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	67.50/cwt	67.00–68.00	640	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	69.03/cwt	68.00–70.00	823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	130.32/cwt	129.00–131.00	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	746	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	130.77/cwt	130.00–134.00	616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	140.75/cwt	138.00–145.00	604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	139.31/cwt	135.00–141.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	132.97/cwt	130.00–136.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	159.51/cwt	159.00–160.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	147.02/cwt	145.00–149.00	541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	170.18/cwt	166.00–174.00	810	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	934	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	966	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	150.98/cwt	149.00–155.00	563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	906	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	160.32/cwt	160.00–161.00	822	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	137.38/cwt	134.00–140.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	149.25/cwt	148.00–151.00	707	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	142.92/cwt	141.00–145.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	140.17/cwt	139.00–142.00	734	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	131.45/cwt	127.00–136.00	769	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 Jul 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 177Last week 192Year ago 265

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 37Year ago 33

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	67.00–68.00	67.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,192	68.00–70.00	69.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	129.00–131.00	130.32
8	—	429	138.00–145.00	140.75
2	—	625	128.00	128.00
6	—	482	135.00–141.00	139.31
4	—	368	145.00–149.00	147.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	533	140.00	140.00
5	—	375	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	130.00–134.00	130.77
2	—	525	120.00	120.00
2	—	440	130.00–136.00	132.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	495	150.00	150.00
3	—	373	149.00–155.00	150.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	159.00–160.00	159.51
2	—	525	159.00	159.00
2	—	625	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	476	166.00–174.00	170.18
12	—	640	146.00	146.00
13	—	513	160.00–161.00	160.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	130.00–135.00	132.52
3	—	465	134.00–140.00	137.38
2	—	428	141.00–145.00	142.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	148.00–151.00	149.25
6	—	524	139.00–142.00	140.17
4	—	585	127.00–136.00	131.45

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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