Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-05-18

New Brockton Stockyards

Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 18

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986

← May 11May 18Jun 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

93 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 114▼ 52 vs year ago 145 · −35.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 17▼ 14 vs year ago 25 · −56.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.89/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$122.89

17 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$134

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$6.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.27

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	421	124.92	526	12thin
Medium and Large 1	559	117.99	660	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.93/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale17 hd

122.89

—

AL average13 barns · 1,431 hd

119.61

+3.27

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	—	Low	1,175	72.38	850	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,110	66.00	733	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	908	57.00	518	3thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	155.04/cwt	150.00–160.00	501	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	137.01/cwt	136.00–138.00	518	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	140.02/cwt	138.00–141.00	591	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	136.55/cwt	133.00–137.00	773	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	128.09/cwt	126.00–130.00	423	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	124.99/cwt	121.00–128.00	532	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	493	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	599	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	122.99/cwt	121.00–124.00	648	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	672	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	422	124.00/cwt	122.00–126.00	523	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	469	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	610	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	585	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	684	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	780	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	670	108.02/cwt	107.00–109.00	724	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,175	72.38/cwt	70.00–75.00	850	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	495	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	925	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	564	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	733	1

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 May 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 114Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 17Year ago 25

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	126.00–130.00	128.09
8	—	426	121.00–128.00	124.99
2	—	493	120.00–123.00	121.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	121.00–124.00	122.99
2	—	608	110.00–111.00	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	150.00–160.00	155.04
3	—	422	138.00–141.00	140.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	566	133.00–137.00	136.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	136.00–138.00	137.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	122.00–126.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	130.00	130.00
3	—	585	117.00	117.00
2	—	670	107.00–109.00	108.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	116.00–117.00	116.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	55.00	55.00
1	—	925	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	70.00–75.00	72.38

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.