Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-05-11

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 11
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
44 vs last sale 70 114 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
6 vs last sale 11 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
10 vs last sale 17 27 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 mostly steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.31/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$133.31
35 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.24
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545134.6473314thin
Medium and Large 2486132.4264421
One grade step is worth $2.23/cwt here — about $90 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 sale35 hd
133.31
AL average11 barns · 630 hd
123.06
+10.24
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
BullsHigh1,73591.001,5792thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37056.217704thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21655.616765thin

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 261598.48/cwt97.00–100.006062
Bulls1,73591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,5792
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21655.61/cwt53.00–58.006765
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37056.21/cwt55.00–57.007704
HeifersMedium and Large 1570118.02/cwt117.00–119.006732
HeifersMedium and Large 1623111.94/cwt109.00–115.006972
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,191.07/cwt1,100.00–1,300.0028
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,055.00/cwt1,025.00–1,075.0010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2804.17/cwt750.00–875.006
SteersMedium and Large 1563134.00/cwt134.00–134.007548
SteersMedium and Large 2568125.97/cwt120.00–129.007164
SteersMedium and Large 2442128.00/cwt128.00–128.005665
SteersMedium and Large 2539133.00/cwt133.00–133.007177
SteersMedium and Large 1625128.50/cwt128.00–129.008032
SteersMedium and Large 1468139.00/cwt139.00–139.006514
HeifersMedium and Large 1354133.67/cwt133.00–135.004733
HeifersMedium and Large 1477123.58/cwt123.00–124.0058914
HeifersMedium and Large 2355121.00/cwt121.00–121.004302
HeifersMedium and Large 2523116.00/cwt113.00–119.006073
HeifersMedium and Large 2419123.00/cwt123.00–123.005154
SteersMedium and Large 2391141.17/cwt139.00–146.005525

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.