Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 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 $255.72/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$255.72

90 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$32.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.77

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	412	272.60	1,124	10thin
Medium and Large 2	426	257.19	1,095	63
Medium and Large 3	443	240.36	1,065	17thin

One grade step is worth $32.24/cwt here — about $60 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 sale90 hd

255.72

—

AL average15 barns · 1,875 hd

245.95

+9.77

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	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,363	117.83	1,605	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	109.33	1,275	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	944	94.71	894	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	426	333.74/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,422	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	258.45/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	277.31/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	285.83/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,361	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	253.28/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	297.40/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	296.69/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	242.40/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,028	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	247.42/cwt	245.00–250.00	948	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	262.32/cwt	260.00–265.00	860	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	272.44/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	326.22/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,217	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	301.00/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,279	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	252.45/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	276.03/cwt	272.00–280.00	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	237.56/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,119	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	339.11/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	327.46/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	256.23/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,089	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	229.85/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	280.38/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	592	214.00/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,267	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	286.62/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	252.35/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,196	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	236.83/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,241	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	269.40/cwt	267.00–272.00	1,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	317.57/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,362	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	280.00/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	265.82/cwt	260.00–270.00	994	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	98.90/cwt	97.00–101.00	918	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	90.52/cwt	90.00–91.00	869	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	106.57/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,245	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,737	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,320	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	111.14/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,478	2

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 Feb 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 301Last week 401Year ago 320

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 128Year ago 80

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 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
4	—	426	330.00–335.00	333.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	255.00–262.00	258.45
2	—	625	250.00	250.00
6	—	476	280.00–290.00	285.83
4	—	429	315.00–325.00	317.57
4	—	525	275.00–285.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	275.00	275.00
3	—	423	275.00–282.00	277.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	250.00–260.00	253.28
5	—	478	295.00–300.00	297.40
4	—	580	265.00–275.00	272.44
6	—	372	335.00–345.00	339.11
4	—	428	320.00–330.00	327.46
3	—	518	285.00–290.00	286.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	295.00–300.00	296.69
1	—	425	337.00	337.00
1	—	345	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	325.00–330.00	326.22
5	—	425	295.00–305.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	240.00–245.00	242.40
2	—	383	245.00–250.00	247.42
3	—	328	260.00–265.00	262.32
4	—	471	230.00–240.00	237.56
3	—	592	210.00–217.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	250.00–255.00	252.45
6	—	373	275.00–285.00	280.38
2	—	428	267.00–272.00	269.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	329	272.00–280.00	276.03
22	—	425	252.00–262.00	256.23
2	—	578	225.00–235.00	229.85
11	—	474	247.00–257.00	252.35
6	—	524	232.00–240.00	236.83
16	—	374	260.00–270.00	265.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	97.00–101.00	98.90
2	—	960	90.00–91.00	90.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	105.00–108.00	106.57
2	—	1,163	112.00–115.00	113.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	124.00–125.00	124.51
2	—	1,330	109.00–113.00	111.14

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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