Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-10-14

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 14
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
116 vs last sale 85 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
6 vs last sale 27 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
161 vs last sale 170 9 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 steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.59/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$111.59
64 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$515
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.10
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538113.386108thin
Medium and Large 2464111.5751747
Medium and Large 3379110.134189thin
One grade step is worth $3.24/cwt here — about $192 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 sale64 hd
111.59
AL average14 barns · 1,662 hd
111.50
+0.10
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
BullsAverage1,43070.481,0082thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06041.544402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22141.205036thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1418145.00/cwt145.00–145.006062
BullsMedium and Large 2528114.83/cwt110.00–120.006062
BullsMedium and Large 267897.96/cwt96.00–100.006642
BullsMedium and Large 2626101.60/cwt100.00–104.006365
BullsMedium and Large 2422131.97/cwt128.00–136.005576
BullsMedium and Large 2571108.16/cwt106.00–111.006186
BullsMedium and Large 2484123.14/cwt119.00–129.005967
BullsMedium and Large 3575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005752
BullsMedium and Large 3432115.41/cwt113.00–120.004993
HeifersMedium and Large 1570108.50/cwt108.00–109.006182
HeifersMedium and Large 1487116.00/cwt116.00–116.005653
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added568114.00/cwt114.00–114.006483
HeifersMedium and Large 2575105.00/cwt105.00–105.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 2421115.44/cwt112.00–119.004864
HeifersMedium and Large 2525107.00/cwt105.00–109.005624
HeifersMedium and Large 2325120.57/cwt119.00–122.003927
HeifersMedium and Large 2626101.21/cwt100.00–105.006349
HeifersMedium and Large 2483109.12/cwt107.00–110.0052710
HeifersMedium and Large 2375118.00/cwt116.00–119.0044311
HeifersMedium and Large 3475105.00/cwt105.00–105.004992
HeifersMedium and Large 3377109.67/cwt106.00–113.004133
HeifersMedium and Large 3333113.05/cwt111.00–116.003764
SteersMedium and Large 1310153.50/cwt151.00–156.004762
SteersMedium and Large 1425143.49/cwt143.00–144.006102
SteersMedium and Large 1632127.00/cwt127.00–127.008036
SteersMedium and Large 2323148.89/cwt147.00–151.004812
SteersMedium and Large 2575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006672
SteersMedium and Large 2474127.00/cwt125.00–132.006024
SteersMedium and Large 2377138.51/cwt137.00–140.005226
SteersMedium and Large 2535126.58/cwt124.00–127.0067714
SteersMedium and Large 3325123.00/cwt120.00–126.004002
SteersMedium and Large 3478112.46/cwt110.00–115.005382
SteersMedium and Large 3583111.96/cwt110.00–114.006532
SteersMedium and Large 3633107.00/cwt107.00–107.006772
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2480.00/cwt450.00–530.0016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2737.50/cwt725.00–750.002
Bulls1,43070.48/cwt70.00–71.001,0082
CowsBoner 80-85%99836.55/cwt35.00–38.003652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33343.53/cwt42.00–45.005804
CowsLean 85-90%1,06041.54/cwt40.00–43.004402

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.