Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-09-09

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
126 head
2 vs last sale 128 126 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
23 vs last sale 38 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
2 vs last sale 3 5 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 two weeks ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.25/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$106.25
39 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.38
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565108.2561112thin
Medium and Large 2511107.3754819thin
Medium and Large 3448100.604508thin
One grade step is worth $7.65/cwt here — about $161 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 sale39 hd
106.25
AL average13 barns · 1,173 hd
113.63
−7.38
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%Average1,23752.606515thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40751.177205thin

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40751.17/cwt50.00–52.007205
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26250.60/cwt50.00–52.006393
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20055.61/cwt54.00–57.006672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2787.25/cwt745.00–818.004
SteersMedium and Large 3320125.80/cwt122.00–131.004033
SteersMedium and Large 3508108.01/cwt106.00–110.005492
SteersMedium and Large 2637109.01/cwt106.00–111.006949
SteersMedium and Large 2576111.57/cwt110.00–113.006437
SteersMedium and Large 2533115.82/cwt113.00–121.006177
SteersMedium and Large 2322133.35/cwt132.00–134.004293
SteersMedium and Large 1375137.00/cwt137.00–137.005143
HeifersMedium and Large 346099.01/cwt94.00–103.004554
HeifersMedium and Large 3435102.19/cwt99.00–105.004454
HeifersMedium and Large 2534106.83/cwt106.00–107.005706
HeifersMedium and Large 2480110.00/cwt110.00–110.005284
HeifersMedium and Large 2572104.33/cwt104.00–105.005973
HeifersMedium and Large 262898.49/cwt95.00–102.006192
HeifersMedium and Large 2420112.00/cwt109.00–115.004702
HeifersMedium and Large 2383112.55/cwt111.00–114.004312
HeifersMedium and Large 1612106.00/cwt106.00–106.006495
HeifersMedium and Large 1518109.00/cwt109.00–109.005653
HeifersMedium and Large 1655102.00/cwt101.00–103.006682
HeifersMedium and Large 1425119.00/cwt119.00–119.005062
BullsMedium and Large 3483109.75/cwt108.00–111.005304
BullsMedium and Large 354098.00/cwt96.00–100.005292
BullsMedium and Large 2479121.43/cwt120.00–125.005827
BullsMedium and Large 2573103.22/cwt100.00–105.005915
BullsMedium and Large 2526110.75/cwt109.00–113.005834
BullsMedium and Large 2618101.31/cwt97.00–104.006263
BullsMedium and Large 2655100.50/cwt100.00–101.006582
BullsMedium and Large 2443129.99/cwt128.00–132.005762

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.