Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-05-04

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 4
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
70 head
80 vs last sale 150 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
0 vs last sale 11 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
8 vs last sale 25 17 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 sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs 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 $115.04/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$115.04
16 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$551
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.71
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2479115.0455116thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
115.04
AL average12 barns · 927 hd
112.33
+2.71
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average94751.034833thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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 2475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005803
BullsMedium and Large 2522117.32/cwt116.00–120.006123
CowsLean 85-90%94751.03/cwt50.00–52.004833
HeifersMedium and Large 2425121.45/cwt120.00–125.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 2525107.98/cwt107.00–109.005675
HeifersMedium and Large 2476116.42/cwt113.00–118.005547
SteersMedium and Large 1560131.00/cwt131.00–131.007342
SteersMedium and Large 2333152.09/cwt148.00–156.005062
SteersMedium and Large 2371143.47/cwt140.00–148.005326
SteersMedium and Large 3425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005532
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2765.00/cwt700.00–830.004
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2490.00/cwt490.00–490.004
Stock CowsLarge 1-2Thin Fleshed440.00/cwt440.00–440.001
Stock CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed478.00/cwt420.00–510.005

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.