Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-07-27

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 27
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
36 vs last sale 80 25 vs year ago 141 · 17.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
1 vs last sale 9 12 vs year ago 20 · 60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
19 vs last sale 0 19 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 steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.69/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$143.69
33 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$165
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.92
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2422145.996169thin
Medium and Large 1547142.8378124
One grade step is worth $3.16/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale33 hd
143.69
AL average10 barns · 458 hd
131.77
+11.92
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
BullsHigh1,725101.001,7421thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30562.448152thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 2417140.00/cwt140.00–140.005843
BullsMedium and Large 3460125.50/cwt125.00–126.005772
Bulls1,725101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,7421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30562.44/cwt60.00–65.008152
HeifersMedium and Large 1495127.00/cwt127.00–127.006292
HeifersMedium and Large 1623115.50/cwt115.00–116.007202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,462.50/cwt1,425.00–1,500.002
SteersMedium and Large 1443147.00/cwt147.00–147.006512
SteersMedium and Large 1665132.00/cwt132.00–132.008782
SteersMedium and Large 1489147.19/cwt144.00–148.007205
SteersMedium and Large 1614134.00/cwt134.00–134.008237
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2883.33/cwt850.00–900.006
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000.00/cwt900.00–1,075.003
HeifersMedium and Large 3428118.49/cwt118.00–119.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 3475116.00/cwt116.00–116.005512
SteersMedium and Large 2315161.00/cwt161.00–161.005072
SteersMedium and Large 2475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006463
SteersMedium and Large 2435145.97/cwt140.00–149.006354
SteersMedium and Large 1395164.50/cwt164.00–165.006502
HeifersMedium and Large 1513124.97/cwt122.00–126.006414
HeifersMedium and Large 1428134.31/cwt133.00–138.005756
HeifersMedium and Large 3543111.51/cwt110.00–113.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 2422128.87/cwt123.00–132.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 2478120.72/cwt118.00–124.005773
HeifersMedium and Large 2329136.41/cwt132.00–142.004495
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed993.00/cwt940.00–1,050.0010
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added562144.50/cwt144.50–144.508126

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.