Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.48/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$144.48

78 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$20.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.19

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	149.63	749	32
Medium and Large 2	422	146.40	618	31
Medium and Large 3	465	129.52	603	15thin

One grade step is worth $20.10/cwt here — about $146 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 sale78 hd

144.48

—

AL average5 barns · 390 hd

140.29

+4.19

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	—	Low	1,387	80.46	1,116	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,199	62.42	749	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	59.01	600	6thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	163.50/cwt	163.00–164.00	858	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	162.00/cwt	160.00–164.00	689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	154.88/cwt	150.00–158.00	739	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	141.41/cwt	138.00–145.00	669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	151.40/cwt	149.00–155.00	643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	171.48/cwt	170.00–173.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	167.99/cwt	167.00–169.00	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	149.35/cwt	144.00–153.00	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	136.00/cwt	134.00–140.00	513	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	154.28/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	144.49/cwt	144.00–145.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	160.38/cwt	158.00–163.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	152.18/cwt	148.00–155.00	499	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	144.59/cwt	140.00–147.00	625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	126.65/cwt	120.00–130.00	667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	156.47/cwt	155.00–158.00	967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	149.34/cwt	148.00–151.00	789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	127.99/cwt	124.00–130.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	147.55/cwt	143.00–149.00	851	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	153.34/cwt	152.00–156.00	656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	149.43/cwt	149.00–150.00	711	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	165.50/cwt	165.00–166.00	932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	144.68/cwt	139.00–148.00	696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	120.98/cwt	120.00–123.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	142.63/cwt	137.00–146.00	753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	148.23/cwt	145.00–154.00	780	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	125.49/cwt	124.00–127.00	803	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	66.24/cwt	65.00–67.00	837	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	61.28/cwt	59.00–63.00	723	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	59.01/cwt	57.00–61.00	600	6
Bulls	—	—	1,387	80.46/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,116	3

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 Oct 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 214Last week 237Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 27Year ago 26

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	163.00–164.00	163.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	120.00	120.00
2	—	473	138.00–145.00	141.41
5	—	425	149.00–155.00	151.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	160.00–164.00	162.00
10	—	477	150.00–158.00	154.88
9	—	526	145.00–154.00	148.23
2	—	610	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	170.00–173.00	171.48
2	—	473	167.00–169.00	167.99
2	—	585	144.00–145.00	144.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	150.00–158.00	154.28
2	—	618	155.00–158.00	156.47
2	—	563	165.00–166.00	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	158.00–163.00	160.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	380	144.00–153.00	149.35
10	—	328	148.00–155.00	152.18
5	—	432	140.00–147.00	144.59
6	—	481	139.00–148.00	144.68
3	—	528	137.00–146.00	142.63
2	—	640	124.00–127.00	125.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	377	134.00–140.00	136.00
3	—	527	120.00–130.00	126.65
3	—	477	124.00–130.00	127.99
3	—	568	120.00–123.00	120.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	148.00–151.00	149.34
9	—	577	143.00–149.00	147.55
6	—	428	152.00–156.00	153.34
14	—	476	149.00–150.00	149.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,263	65.00–67.00	66.24
10	—	1,180	59.00–63.00	61.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,016	57.00–61.00	59.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	78.00–83.00	80.46

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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