Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-05-18

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 18
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
21 vs last sale 114 52 vs year ago 145 · 35.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
6 vs last sale 17 14 vs year ago 25 · 56.0%
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 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.89/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$122.89
17 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$568
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$134
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.27
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2421124.9252612thin
Medium and Large 1559117.996605thin
One grade step is worth $6.93/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale17 hd
122.89
AL average13 barns · 1,431 hd
119.61
+3.27
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
BullsLow1,17572.388502thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11066.007331thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90857.005183thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2330128.09/cwt126.00–130.004232
HeifersMedium and Large 1527122.99/cwt121.00–124.006483
HeifersMedium and Large 1608110.50/cwt110.00–111.006722
CowsLean 85-90%90055.00/cwt55.00–55.004952
CowsLean 85-90%92561.00/cwt61.00–61.005641
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11066.00/cwt66.00–66.007331
SteersMedium and Large 2323155.04/cwt150.00–160.005012
SteersMedium and Large 1566136.55/cwt133.00–137.007739
SteersMedium and Large 3378137.01/cwt136.00–138.005182
SteersMedium and Large 2422140.02/cwt138.00–141.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 2426124.99/cwt121.00–128.005328
HeifersMedium and Large 2493121.49/cwt120.00–123.005992
Bulls1,17572.38/cwt70.00–75.008502
BullsMedium and Large 3422124.00/cwt122.00–126.005233
BullsMedium and Large 2469130.00/cwt130.00–130.006104
BullsMedium and Large 2585117.00/cwt117.00–117.006843
BullsMedium and Large 2670108.02/cwt107.00–109.007242
BullsMedium and Large 1670116.49/cwt116.00–117.007802

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.