Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.83/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −142.72 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.

Average price

$239.83

24 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

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

$9.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.10

vs AL average

−28.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	242.87	1,296	16thin
Medium and Large 3	548	233.77	1,281	8thin

One grade step is worth $9.10/cwt here — about $15 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale24 hd

239.83

—

AL average14 barns · 394 hd

248.93

−9.10

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−28.55

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.56

−142.72

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	1,287	133.03	1,713	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,409	117.96	1,662	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	117.00	1,422	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	107.69	1,117	18

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,406	135.86/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,910	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,396	114.69/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,601	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	113.19/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,209	9
Bulls	—	—	1,050	127.38/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,337	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,787	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	102.18/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,028	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	274.95/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	220.67/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	232.43/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,462	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	277.50/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	576	228.74/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,318	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	302.45/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	292.36/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	293.23/cwt	290.00–300.00	938	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	215.98/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,324	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	342.46/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	303.30/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	243.62/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,257	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	273.00/cwt	267.00–282.00	1,570	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	284.61/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,494	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	241.21/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,382	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	339.90/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	250.50/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,190	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	363.91/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,150	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	238.79/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,242	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	295.78/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,408	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	271.00/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	263.64/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,113	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	241.01/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	308.33/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,310	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,422	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	669	220.51/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	240.72/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,175	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,496	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	328.39/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,208	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 Apr 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 247Last week 278Year ago 227

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 37Year ago 62

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,406	134.00–139.00	135.86
2	—	1,050	125.00–130.00	127.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,396	112.00–117.00	114.69
4	—	1,435	124.00–125.00	124.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,068	110.00–115.00	113.19
9	—	1,006	100.00–105.00	102.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	117.00	117.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	270.00–280.00	274.95
4	650–700	669	215.00–225.00	220.51
2	750–800	775	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	300.00–315.00	308.33
14	450–500	476	294.00–300.00	295.78
13	500–550	525	277.00–290.00	284.61
11	550–600	575	267.00–282.00	273.00
2	650–700	663	240.00–242.00	241.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	488	237.00–245.00	240.72
4	500–550	520	235.00–240.00	238.79
4	550–600	576	225.00–230.00	228.74
2	600–650	613	210.00–222.00	215.98
2	700–750	725	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	290.00–300.00	293.23
6	400–450	422	260.00–267.00	263.64
4	450–500	475	247.00–255.00	250.50
11	500–550	516	242.00–252.00	243.62
5	550–600	573	237.00–245.00	241.21
7	600–650	629	225.00–240.00	232.43
3	650–700	678	220.00–222.00	220.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	340.00–345.00	342.46
3	350–400	368	325.00–330.00	328.39
2	450–500	480	300.00–305.00	302.45
4	500–550	525	280.00–290.00	285.00
4	550–600	575	275.00–280.00	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	355.00–370.00	363.91
2	350–400	363	335.00–345.00	339.90
3	500–550	530	300.00–305.00	303.30
3	550–600	565	285.00–297.00	292.36
2	650–700	658	270.00–272.00	271.00

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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