Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.02/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$216.02

86 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$22.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.62

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	415	232.00	963	4thin
Medium and Large 2	453	215.85	979	74
Medium and Large 3	409	209.63	857	8thin

One grade step is worth $22.37/cwt here — about $106 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 sale86 hd

216.02

—

AL average16 barns · 1,754 hd

209.40

+6.62

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	1,218	103.01	1,255	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,363	86.67	1,181	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	86.41	1,089	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	81.95	864	17

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	440	235.95/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	593	192.01/cwt	190.00–194.00	1,139	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	228.00/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,197	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	198.51/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,237	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	240.58/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,244	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	238.53/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	261.45/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,255	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	261.00/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	268.52/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	239.83/cwt	239.00–247.00	1,297	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	276.13/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,002	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	222.53/cwt	217.00–227.00	946	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	215.40/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	228.72/cwt	222.00–232.00	862	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	234.43/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	284.90/cwt	280.00–290.00	932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	223.35/cwt	220.00–225.00	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	204.15/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,047	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	234.43/cwt	233.00–240.00	771	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	203.48/cwt	200.00–207.00	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	963	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	222.95/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,269	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	234.82/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,111	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	260.73/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,270	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	244.00/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,159	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	198.98/cwt	196.00–205.00	1,136	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	248.37/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,043	13
Bulls	—	—	1,307	104.71/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,369	3
Bulls	—	—	1,085	100.47/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,090	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	84.66/cwt	83.00–88.00	877	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	86.67/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,181	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	78.91/cwt	78.00–81.00	848	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	90.69/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,088	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	84.58/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,088	7

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 11, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 327Last week 214Year ago 416

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 65Year ago 76

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	232.00–240.00	235.95
2	—	593	190.00–194.00	192.01
4	—	525	225.00–230.00	228.00
5	—	473	230.00–237.00	234.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	197.00–200.00	198.51
3	—	517	237.00–245.00	240.58
5	—	569	220.00–230.00	222.95
5	—	475	240.00–250.00	244.00
13	—	420	247.00–255.00	248.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	237.00–240.00	238.53
3	—	487	255.00–265.00	260.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	218.00	218.00
4	—	480	257.00–265.00	261.45
5	—	425	260.00–265.00	261.00
9	—	541	239.00–247.00	239.83
12	—	363	270.00–280.00	276.13
3	—	327	280.00–290.00	284.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	295.00	295.00
2	—	468	267.00–270.00	268.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	232.00–237.00	234.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	425	217.00–227.00	222.53
7	—	474	212.00–222.00	215.40
12	—	377	222.00–232.00	228.72
27	—	513	200.00–210.00	204.15
8	—	329	233.00–240.00	234.43
5	—	571	196.00–205.00	198.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	200.00	200.00
3	—	323	220.00–225.00	223.35
2	—	438	200.00–207.00	203.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	232.00	232.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	104.00–105.00	104.71
2	—	1,085	100.00–101.00	100.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,036	83.00–88.00	84.66
8	—	1,075	78.00–81.00	78.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	85.00–88.00	86.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	88.00–94.00	90.69
7	—	1,286	83.00–85.00	84.58

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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