Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-06-24

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 24
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
146 vs last sale 195 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
4 vs last sale 19 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
2 vs last sale 7 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Market will be closed next week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.00/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$121.00
13 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.98
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2443121.865408thin
Medium and Large 3372119.614455thin
One grade step is worth $2.25/cwt here — about $95 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 sale13 hd
121.00
AL average12 barns · 1,339 hd
119.02
+1.98
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18954.766515thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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 2515117.47/cwt116.00–119.006052
BullsMedium and Large 2575109.49/cwt108.00–111.006302
BullsMedium and Large 2422135.81/cwt132.00–140.005735
HeifersMedium and Large 2315131.45/cwt130.00–133.004142
HeifersMedium and Large 2425123.96/cwt123.00–125.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 2468121.54/cwt120.00–123.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 2563110.50/cwt110.00–111.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 3372119.61/cwt115.00–125.004455
SteersMedium and Large 2475137.00/cwt137.00–137.006512
SteersMedium and Large 2313160.73/cwt156.00–164.005033
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2620.00/cwt600.00–640.002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18954.76/cwt54.00–56.006515

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.