Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.99/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −132.56 against this barn's trailing median of $382.56.

Average price

$249.99

17 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,314

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$13.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs AL average

−26.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	255.68	1,337	10thin
Medium and Large 3	529	241.87	1,279	7thin

One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $58 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale17 hd

249.99

—

AL average14 barns · 343 hd

248.26

+1.73

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−26.47

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.56

−132.56

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	1,390	148.61	2,066	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,141	128.80	1,469	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	115.07	1,104	16

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	—	1,200	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,776	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	130.41/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,498	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	126.54/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,429	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	120.19/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,218	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	111.99/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,039	10
Bulls	—	—	1,850	157.06/cwt	155.00–159.00	2,906	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	287.99/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,230	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	576	277.52/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	271.25/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,153	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	280.50/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	622	263.35/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	239.52/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	283.79/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,195	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	241.87/cwt	237.00–250.00	1,279	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	326.25/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,223	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	277.51/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,410	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	235.89/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	268.34/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,280	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	314.71/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,498	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	574	261.74/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,502	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	282.45/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,336	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	255.68/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,337	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	297.46/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	278.90/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,576	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	303.56/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,278	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	295.15/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,110	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	337.47/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,282	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	230.74/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,456	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	296.50/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,554	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	295.37/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,400	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	300.27/cwt	295.00–307.00	982	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	301.67/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,584	6
Bulls	—	—	1,120	140.77/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	252.86/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,201	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	308.31/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	296.49/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,565	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	332.88/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,075	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	300.50/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,430	4

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 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 301Last week 178Year ago 309

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 40Year ago 56

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	148.00	148.00
2	—	1,850	155.00–159.00	157.06
2	—	1,120	138.00–143.00	140.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,149	129.00–134.00	130.41
5	—	1,129	125.00–128.00	126.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,013	119.00–121.00	120.19
10	—	928	110.00–115.00	111.99

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	325	290.00	290.00
4	350–400	381	277.00–285.00	280.50
12	400–450	425	265.00–275.00	271.25
7	450–500	475	250.00–260.00	252.86
7	500–550	529	237.00–250.00	241.87
5	600–650	631	225.00–235.00	230.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	327	295.00–307.00	300.27
14	350–400	376	290.00–300.00	295.15
6	400–450	421	277.00–290.00	283.79
11	450–500	477	262.00–272.00	268.34
10	500–550	523	252.00–262.00	255.68
2	600–650	610	237.00–242.00	239.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	285.00–295.00	287.99
9	450–500	473	280.00–285.00	282.45
2	500–550	508	275.00–280.00	277.51
4	550–600	574	260.00–267.00	261.74
2	600–650	623	232.00–240.00	235.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	300.00–315.00	303.56
8	450–500	474	290.00–305.00	295.37
6	500–550	524	285.00–305.00	296.50
3	550–600	565	272.00–285.00	278.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	330.00–340.00	332.88
8	350–400	375	325.00–330.00	326.25
3	400–450	423	305.00–315.00	308.31
4	450–500	476	300.00–302.00	300.50
6	500–550	528	292.00–300.00	296.49
4	550–600	576	275.00–285.00	277.52
3	600–650	622	260.00–265.00	263.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	380	335.00–340.00	337.47
4	450–500	476	312.00–320.00	314.71
6	500–550	525	300.00–305.00	301.67
2	550–600	565	295.00–300.00	297.46

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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