Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $227.34/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +17.20 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.

Average price

$227.34

34 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$7.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.73

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	228.79	1,198	27
Medium and Large 3	453	221.73	1,005	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.06/cwt here — about $193 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $230.57, low $195.48, median $210.14 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

227.34

—

AL average13 barns · 1,066 hd

218.61

+8.73

This barn, trailing median4 sales

210.14

+17.20

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	—	Average	1,621	112.00	1,815	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	90.66	1,133	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	85.25	889	18

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,082	3thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 3	—	418	227.26/cwt	225.00–232.00	950	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	236.95/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,118	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	228.14/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,189	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	230.29/cwt	225.00–235.00	990	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	207.99/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	219.32/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	217.73/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,130	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	212.62/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,218	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	232.77/cwt	227.00–237.00	882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,270	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	254.91/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,117	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	217.58/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,044	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	206.38/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,282	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	255.20/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	252.83/cwt	250.00–255.00	953	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	264.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,081.67/head	1,045.00–1,100.00	1,082	3
Bulls	—	—	1,468	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,659	2
Bulls	—	—	2,195	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	2,623	2
Bulls	—	—	1,410	107.75/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,519	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	83.08/cwt	80.00–85.00	859	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	88.65/cwt	87.00–90.00	938	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	93.23/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,129	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	87.45/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,136	8

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 Dec 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 214Last week 222Year ago 200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 57Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 9

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	225.00–232.00	227.26
4	—	480	215.00–225.00	217.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	235.00–245.00	236.95
6	—	521	225.00–235.00	228.14
6	—	572	217.00–222.00	219.32
5	—	621	200.00–210.00	206.38
5	—	424	250.00–260.00	255.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	225.00–235.00	230.29
4	—	519	212.00–222.00	217.73
6	—	573	207.00–217.00	212.62
5	—	379	227.00–237.00	232.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	207.00–210.00	207.99
1	—	665	191.00	191.00
1	—	560	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	242.00	242.00
2	—	438	250.00–260.00	254.91
5	—	377	260.00–270.00	264.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	377	250.00–255.00	252.83

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,045.00–1,100.00	1,081.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	113.00	113.00
2	—	2,195	119.00–120.00	119.50
4	—	1,410	105.00–111.00	107.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,034	80.00–85.00	83.08
7	—	1,058	87.00–90.00	88.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,211	91.00–96.00	93.23
8	—	1,299	85.00–89.00	87.45

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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New Brockton Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

Slaughter Cattle