Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-02-24

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 24
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
38 vs last sale 57 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 0 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
23 vs last sale 0 23 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 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.68/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$135.68
18 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.80
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420143.676033thin
Medium and Large 2444134.0959615thin
One grade step is worth $9.58/cwt here — about $8 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 sale18 hd
135.68
AL average15 barns · 1,620 hd
132.89
+2.80
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
BullsHigh1,50880.941,2217thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12051.005712thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1432167.37/cwt166.00–170.007233
BullsMedium and Large 2425152.00/cwt152.00–152.006462
BullsMedium and Large 2755103.50/cwt103.00–104.007812
BullsMedium and Large 2497139.00/cwt139.00–139.0069110
Bulls1,84590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6611
Bulls1,31376.04/cwt75.00–77.009982
SteersMedium and Large 1332182.96/cwt181.00–184.006073
SteersMedium and Large 2323166.00/cwt162.00–172.005364
SteersMedium and Large 3405145.00/cwt140.00–150.005872
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2588.33/cwt540.00–690.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900.00/cwt850.00–1,000.007
Bulls1,52181.13/cwt80.00–82.001,2344
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12051.00/cwt51.00–51.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 1420143.67/cwt143.00–144.006033
HeifersMedium and Large 2570121.49/cwt121.00–122.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 2632116.30/cwt113.00–118.007353
HeifersMedium and Large 2363141.94/cwt138.00–147.0051510

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.