Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-05-20

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 20
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
76 vs last sale 69 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
16 vs last sale 9 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
45 vs last sale 72 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.61/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$145.61
37 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.22
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544148.9481116thin
Medium and Large 3360143.765189thin
Medium and Large 2519142.5674012thin
One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about $71 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 sale37 hd
145.61
AL average15 barns · 804 hd
139.39
+6.22
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,71875.321,2944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49353.027922thin
CowsLean 85-90%High98644.064358thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2430148.29/cwt145.00–150.006383
BullsMedium and Large 2537125.01/cwt123.00–127.006713
HeifersMedium and Large 1622119.67/cwt119.00–120.007443
HeifersMedium and Large 1543130.00/cwt130.00–130.007064
HeifersMedium and Large 2530121.96/cwt120.00–124.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 2618115.49/cwt112.00–119.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 2332141.61/cwt137.00–145.004703
HeifersMedium and Large 2572121.00/cwt120.00–122.006927
HeifersMedium and Large 3368127.25/cwt125.00–132.004683
HeifersMedium and Large 3532115.99/cwt114.00–120.006173
HeifersMedium and Large 3329133.60/cwt130.00–136.004405
SteersMedium and Large 1608134.50/cwt134.00–135.008182
SteersMedium and Large 1476156.00/cwt156.00–156.007434
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added559149.00/cwt149.00–149.0083310
SteersMedium and Large 2745118.00/cwt117.00–119.008792
SteersMedium and Large 2485147.01/cwt145.00–149.007133
SteersMedium and Large 2590131.98/cwt130.00–134.007793
SteersMedium and Large 2379159.43/cwt152.00–162.006044
SteersMedium and Large 3332145.91/cwt143.00–150.004843
SteersMedium and Large 3374142.69/cwt137.00–145.005346
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2927.27/cwt800.00–1,000.0011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2576.67/cwt530.00–650.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2730.00/cwt700.00–760.004
Bred CowsSmall 1-2550.00/cwt550.00–550.001
HeifersMedium and Large 2377132.54/cwt127.00–137.005003
Bulls1,50071.02/cwt70.00–72.001,0652
Bulls1,93579.63/cwt78.00–81.001,5412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49353.02/cwt52.00–54.007922
CowsLean 85-90%95351.53/cwt50.00–53.004912
CowsLean 85-90%99744.45/cwt42.00–47.004433
CowsLean 85-90%99838.68/cwt36.00–40.003863

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.