Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-01-13

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 13
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
131 vs last sale 233 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
9 vs last sale 17 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 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 3.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.96/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$129.96
23 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.08
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1417140.115859thin
Medium and Large 2500123.4361714thin
One grade step is worth $16.68/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale23 hd
129.96
AL average14 barns · 1,841 hd
129.87
+0.08
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%Average1,15350.355812thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1505145.00/cwt145.00–145.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1427161.64/cwt159.00–165.006903
BullsMedium and Large 1475152.96/cwt150.00–157.007275
BullsMedium and Large 2425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006382
BullsMedium and Large 2478145.49/cwt144.00–147.006952
BullsMedium and Large 2745104.00/cwt104.00–104.007752
SteersMedium and Large 1377168.86/cwt166.00–170.006377
SteersMedium and Large 1520143.00/cwt143.00–143.007441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2756.25/cwt675.00–800.004
HeifersMedium and Large 1475131.00/cwt131.00–131.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 2575111.00/cwt111.00–111.006382
HeifersMedium and Large 2520121.20/cwt121.00–122.0063010
SteersMedium and Large 1320180.00/cwt177.00–183.005762
SteersMedium and Large 1578144.00/cwt144.00–144.008324
SteersMedium and Large 1489158.00/cwt158.00–158.007735
BullsMedium and Large 2532134.33/cwt130.00–138.007153
BullsMedium and Large 3468133.73/cwt129.00–136.006263
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15350.35/cwt49.00–52.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 1377146.34/cwt146.00–147.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 1419140.00/cwt140.00–140.005874
HeifersMedium and Large 2325147.00/cwt147.00–147.004782

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.