Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-03-02

New Brockton Stockyards

Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 2

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986

← Feb 24Mar 2Mar 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

104 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 95▲ 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 18▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.26/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −81.88 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.

Average price

$128.26

30 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$42.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.91

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	416	165.00	686	4thin
Medium and Large 2	622	122.82	764	18thin
Medium and Large 3	522	122.12	637	8thin

One grade step is worth $42.88/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale30 hd

128.26

—

AL average15 barns · 839 hd

143.17

−14.91

This barn, trailing median4 sales

210.14

−81.88

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $230.57, low $195.48, median $210.14 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	Low	1,524	83.27	1,269	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	65.73	973	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,171	59.56	698	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	52.53	503	2thin

Every lot

18 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	358	153.52/cwt	151.00–156.00	550	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	518	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	118.42/cwt	117.00–120.00	444	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	122.19/cwt	117.00–125.00	634	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	119.33/cwt	119.00–120.00	683	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	673	105.93/cwt	102.00–110.00	713	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	416	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	686	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	473	128.67/cwt	125.00–130.00	609	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	538	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	764	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	644	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	747	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	668	102.47/cwt	100.00–105.00	684	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	678	114.19/cwt	110.00–119.00	774	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,188	77.00/cwt	75.00–79.00	915	2
Bulls	—	—	1,860	89.54/cwt	89.00–90.00	1,665	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	52.53/cwt	52.00–53.00	503	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,158	61.38/cwt	60.00–63.00	711	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	663	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	65.73/cwt	64.00–67.00	973	4

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 104Last week 95Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 18Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	678	110.00–119.00	114.19
5	—	538	142.00	142.00
9	—	644	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	100.00–105.00	102.47
6	—	473	125.00–130.00	128.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	102.00–110.00	105.93
3	—	572	119.00–120.00	119.33
4	—	375	138.00	138.00
9	—	519	117.00–125.00	122.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	117.00–120.00	118.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	151.00–156.00	153.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	75.00–79.00	77.00
2	—	1,860	89.00–90.00	89.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	55.00	55.00
5	—	1,158	60.00–63.00	61.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,480	64.00–67.00	65.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	52.00–53.00	52.53

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.