Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.88/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −137.22 against this barn's trailing median of $381.10.

Average price

$243.88

38 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,339

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$22.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.05

vs AL average

−24.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	259.17	1,412	7thin
Medium and Large 2	560	241.78	1,354	22
Medium and Large 3	525	237.11	1,245	9thin

One grade step is worth $22.06/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.38, low $337.30, median $381.10 across 26 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

243.88

—

AL average5 barns · 127 hd

248.93

−5.05

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−24.98

This barn, trailing median26 sales

381.10

−137.22

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	1,504	157.52	2,368	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	137.61	1,644	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	127.84	1,299	11

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	—	1,527	159.33/cwt	159.00–160.00	2,433	3
Bulls	—	—	1,480	155.70/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,304	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	139.30/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,550	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	144.93/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,867	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	128.61/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,523	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	130.40/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,348	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	253.98/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,316	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	280.00/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,190	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	267.85/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,267	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	275.95/cwt	270.00–280.00	905	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	237.11/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,245	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	332	323.47/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,074	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	297.33/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,264	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	239.20/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,380	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	264.75/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,123	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	278.39/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,052	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	330.73/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,237	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	227.49/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	319.94/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	254.53/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	277.46/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,587	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	347.79/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,120	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	305.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,449	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	247.31/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,296	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	277.89/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,345	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	269.72/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,421	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	210.98/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	296.65/cwt	290.00–300.00	967	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	295.00/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	253.34/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,201	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	241.00/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	327.50/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	389.89/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	335.99/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	242.33/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	256.01/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,469	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	263.49/cwt	260.00–270.00	985	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	296.70/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,424	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	321.00/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,364	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	251.69/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	264.78/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	268.50/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,329	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	123.35/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	251.86/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,070	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	244.01/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,161	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	291.00/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,382	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	321.43/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,205	7

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 Jul 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 380Last week 411Year ago 347

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 84Year ago 70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,527	159.00–160.00	159.33
3	—	1,480	153.00–159.00	155.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,113	136.00–142.00	139.30
5	—	1,288	144.00–147.00	144.93
5	—	1,184	127.00–131.00	128.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,034	127.00–133.00	130.40
4	—	984	121.00–125.00	123.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	275.00–285.00	280.00
6	450–500	473	260.00–270.00	267.85
3	500–550	518	250.00–257.00	253.98
2	600–650	633	225.00–230.00	227.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	425	295.00–305.00	297.33
11	450–500	484	275.00–282.00	277.89
11	500–550	527	265.00–275.00	269.72
6	550–600	574	252.00–260.00	256.01
3	600–650	635	240.00–245.00	242.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	315.00–325.00	321.00
3	450–500	480	295.00–300.00	296.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	270.00–280.00	275.95
10	350–400	374	260.00–270.00	263.49
28	400–450	425	250.00–260.00	251.86
8	450–500	476	240.00–250.00	244.01
9	500–550	525	235.00–240.00	237.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	326	290.00–300.00	296.65
6	350–400	378	275.00–285.00	278.39
17	400–450	424	260.00–275.00	264.75
11	450–500	474	250.00–265.00	253.34
7	500–550	524	242.00–255.00	247.31
15	550–600	577	235.00–245.00	239.20
2	650–700	680	210.00–212.00	210.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	325.00–330.00	327.50
2	450–500	495	267.00–270.00	268.50
4	500–550	520	260.00–267.00	264.78
3	550–600	578	250.00–255.00	251.69
2	600–650	618	240.00–242.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	320.00–330.00	323.47
7	350–400	375	320.00–325.00	321.43
5	450–500	475	285.00–295.00	291.00
2	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	322	345.00–355.00	347.79
13	350–400	374	315.00–345.00	330.73
2	400–450	415	315.00–325.00	319.94
8	450–500	475	300.00–310.00	305.00
9	500–550	527	290.00–300.00	295.00
6	550–600	572	270.00–285.00	277.46
2	650–700	678	252.00–257.00	254.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	385.00–395.00	389.89
2	400–450	413	335.00–337.00	335.99

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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