Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.47/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −145.09 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.

Average price

$237.47

19 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$2.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.33

vs AL average

−27.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	237.76	1,314	17thin
Medium and Large 3	525	235.00	1,234	2thin

One grade step is worth $2.76/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.38, low $337.30, median $382.56 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

237.47

—

AL average14 barns · 342 hd

241.79

−4.33

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−27.05

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.56

−145.09

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	1,669	147.41	2,461	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	117.88	1,198	12

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	—	1,818	155.75/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,832	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	120.24/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,296	6
Bulls	—	—	1,525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,059	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	115.51/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,102	6
Bulls	—	—	1,630	147.35/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	248.43/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,175	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	343.56/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,106	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	238.33/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,251	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	768	194.48/cwt	192.00–197.00	1,494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	233.39/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,354	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	264.52/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,259	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	218.83/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	253.75/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,078	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	212.48/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	268.44/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	226.71/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	275.17/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,032	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	365.00/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,186	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	213.47/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	205.92/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,503	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	312.00/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,326	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	290.85/cwt	290.00–295.00	939	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	243.55/cwt	237.00–250.00	1,269	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	293.75/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,248	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	243.38/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	264.34/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,012	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	276.98/cwt	270.00–280.00	911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	329.29/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,235	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	233.70/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,344	10

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 Apr 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 292Year ago 324

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 52Year ago 58

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,818	153.00–159.00	155.75
2	—	1,525	135.00	135.00
4	—	1,630	145.00–150.00	147.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,078	119.00–121.00	120.24
6	—	954	113.00–118.00	115.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	675	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	270.00–280.00	276.98
4	350–400	383	260.00–270.00	264.34
8	400–450	425	250.00–260.00	253.75
3	450–500	468	240.00–245.00	243.38
2	500–550	525	235.00	235.00
2	600–650	630	210.00–215.00	212.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	290.00–295.00	290.85
6	350–400	375	272.00–282.00	275.17
4	400–450	418	265.00–275.00	268.44
6	450–500	473	245.00–255.00	248.43
7	500–550	521	237.00–250.00	243.55
10	550–600	575	230.00–237.00	233.70
7	600–650	626	225.00–227.00	226.71
8	650–700	677	212.00–225.00	218.83
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	322	340.00–350.00	343.56
7	350–400	375	325.00–335.00	329.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	360.00–375.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	425	290.00–300.00	293.75
4	450–500	476	262.00–272.00	264.52
6	500–550	525	235.00–245.00	238.33
3	550–600	580	230.00–240.00	233.39
2	650–700	685	210.00–217.00	213.47
2	700–750	730	202.00–210.00	205.92
2	750–800	768	192.00–197.00	194.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	310.00–315.00	312.00

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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