Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $276.05/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −132.00 against this barn's trailing median of $408.05.

Average price

$276.05

38 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,498

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$12.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.58

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	277.96	1,506	32
Medium and Large 3	547	265.83	1,453	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.13/cwt here — about $53 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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.83, low $343.47, median $408.05 across 24 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 sale38 hd

276.05

—

AL average13 barns · 294 hd

273.47

+2.58

This barn, trailing median24 sales

408.05

−132.00

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	1,427	141.29	2,015	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,305	118.43	1,545	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,141	114.70	1,309	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	103.68	1,089	31

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,492	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,763	16

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	—	—	1,723	150.57/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,594	2
Bulls	—	—	1,130	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,492	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,309	115.09/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,507	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,301	121.10/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,576	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	109.85/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,159	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	102.20/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,072	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	228.29/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	285.71/cwt	280.00–295.00	929	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	262.50/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	224.27/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	273.32/cwt	270.00–275.00	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	311.67/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,172	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	350.15/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,173	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	249.29/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,184	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	244.90/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,286	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	279.74/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,052	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	251.23/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,063	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	265.27/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,125	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	237.53/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	291.63/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,371	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	272.75/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,566	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	237.47/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,092	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	267.50/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,404	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	300.29/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,276	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	281.53/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,464	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	228.35/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,420	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	118.97/cwt	117.00–121.00	1,247	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	111.86/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,346	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	334.38/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,087	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	283.00/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,203	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	241.01/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,012.50/head	1,875.00–2,200.00	2,013	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,491.67/head	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,492	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,512.50/head	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,513	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 May 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 393Last week 247Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 58Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,723	150.00–151.00	150.57
2	—	1,130	132.00	132.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,309	113.00–117.00	115.09
5	—	1,301	119.00–125.00	121.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,055	107.00–113.00	109.85
25	—	1,049	99.00–105.00	102.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,048	117.00–121.00	118.97
9	—	1,203	109.00–114.00	111.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	270.00–275.00	273.32
2	350–400	375	270.00	270.00
4	400–450	423	250.00–255.00	251.23
2	450–500	460	235.00–240.00	237.47
3	500–550	522	225.00–235.00	228.29
2	600–650	625	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	325	280.00–295.00	285.71
11	350–400	376	275.00–287.00	279.74
14	400–450	424	260.00–275.00	265.27
7	450–500	475	245.00–255.00	249.29
4	500–550	525	240.00–250.00	244.90
3	600–650	622	225.00–230.00	228.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	280.00–285.00	283.00
4	500–550	525	260.00–275.00	267.50
2	550–600	590	260.00–265.00	262.50
2	600–650	620	240.00–242.00	241.01
4	650–700	670	222.00–225.00	224.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	425	295.00–305.00	300.29
3	450–500	470	290.00–295.00	291.63
19	500–550	520	280.00–290.00	281.53
13	550–600	574	267.00–280.00	272.75
2	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	663	235.00–240.00	237.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	330.00–340.00	334.38
9	350–400	376	310.00–320.00	311.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	345.00–355.00	350.15

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,875.00–2,200.00	2,012.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,512.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,491.67

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle