Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.94/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$189.94

70 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$18.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.53

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	456	196.55	896	45
Medium and Large 3	434	178.05	772	25

One grade step is worth $18.50/cwt here — about $124 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 sale70 hd

189.94

—

AL average15 barns · 1,483 hd

189.42

+0.53

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	1,798	114.64	2,061	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,135	100.51	1,141	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,301	100.01	1,301	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	93.60	953	22

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$888	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$792	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,233	6

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	520	210.00/cwt	207.00–213.00	1,092	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	198.65/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	224.70/cwt	220.00–230.00	955	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	184.93/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,165	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	213.09/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,019	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	211.35/cwt	210.00–212.00	883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	180.99/cwt	178.00–183.00	950	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	374	219.36/cwt	217.00–225.00	820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	230.14/cwt	227.00–237.00	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	229.09/cwt	225.00–235.00	985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	174.22/cwt	171.00–181.00	739	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	176.98/cwt	175.00–178.00	1,295	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	180.87/cwt	176.00–186.00	1,226	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	226.70/cwt	225.00–230.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	217.13/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,116	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	249.23/cwt	247.00–250.00	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	381	192.03/cwt	186.00–196.00	732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	420	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	878	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	168.01/cwt	166.00–170.00	996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	190.92/cwt	186.00–196.00	894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	246.97/cwt	242.00–252.00	897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	200.50/cwt	198.00–205.00	748	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	324	197.51/cwt	194.00–202.00	640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	165.57/cwt	160.00–170.00	866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	195.33/cwt	190.00–200.00	836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	164.51/cwt	163.00–166.00	1,017	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	592	150.98/cwt	148.00–155.00	894	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,233.33/head	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,233	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	791.67/head	750.00–850.00	792	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	887.50/head	875.00–900.00	888	2
Bulls	—	—	1,790	117.17/cwt	114.00–120.00	2,097	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	96.00/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,091	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,307	96.97/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,267	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	103.04/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,334	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	95.65/cwt	93.00–98.00	996	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	89.21/cwt	87.00–92.00	875	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	102.25/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,152	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	106.64/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,223	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	110.85/cwt	107.00–113.00	2,006	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	99.96/cwt	99.00–101.00	1,055	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 Mar 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 333Last week 232Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 39Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 13Year ago 7

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	520	207.00–213.00	210.00
3	—	567	197.00–200.00	198.65
9	—	425	220.00–230.00	224.70
3	—	630	181.00–190.00	184.93
3	—	478	210.00–217.00	213.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	210.00–212.00	211.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	178.00–183.00	180.99
2	—	593	166.00–170.00	168.01
2	—	468	186.00–196.00	190.92
6	—	373	198.00–205.00	200.50
6	—	428	190.00–200.00	195.33
2	—	618	163.00–166.00	164.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	424	171.00–181.00	174.22
6	—	381	186.00–196.00	192.03
4	—	324	194.00–202.00	197.51
4	—	523	160.00–170.00	165.57
3	—	592	148.00–155.00	150.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	420	209.00	209.00
12	—	470	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	374	217.00–225.00	219.36
3	—	328	225.00–230.00	226.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	227.00–237.00	230.14
3	—	430	225.00–235.00	229.09
3	—	732	175.00–178.00	176.98
2	—	678	176.00–186.00	180.87
7	—	514	215.00–218.00	217.13
4	—	328	247.00–250.00	249.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	242.00–252.00	246.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,233.33
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	750.00–850.00	791.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	875.00–900.00	887.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,790	114.00–120.00	117.17
2	—	1,810	107.00–113.00	110.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,136	93.00–98.00	96.00
5	—	1,127	99.00–104.00	102.25
3	—	1,147	106.00–108.00	106.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	95.00–99.00	96.97
3	—	1,295	100.00–105.00	103.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,041	93.00–98.00	95.65
9	—	981	87.00–92.00	89.21
3	—	1,055	99.00–101.00	99.96

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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