Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-08-03

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 3
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
36 vs last sale 116 27 vs year ago 107 · 25.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
4 vs last sale 8 1 vs year ago 13 · 7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
12 vs last sale 19 2 vs year ago 5 · +40.0%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.19/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$141.19
24 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$813
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$281
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$28.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.74
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2328167.485492thin
Medium and Large 1598138.8083022
One grade step is worth $28.68/cwt here — about −$281 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 sale24 hd
141.19
AL average11 barns · 907 hd
134.45
+6.74
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49368.341,0203thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09067.007302thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 2423125.93/cwt123.00–132.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 2579109.25/cwt109.00–110.006334
HeifersMedium and Large 2627107.66/cwt105.00–109.006753
HeifersMedium and Large 2477123.33/cwt122.00–124.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 2720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 2325133.00/cwt133.00–133.004322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2903.33/cwt820.00–960.003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.003
SteersMedium and Large 1536145.54/cwt144.00–147.0078014
SteersMedium and Large 1707127.00/cwt127.00–127.008988
SteersMedium and Large 2328167.48/cwt165.00–170.005492
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49368.34/cwt67.00–70.001,0203
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09067.00/cwt67.00–67.007302
BullsMedium and Large 2479127.17/cwt124.00–130.006094
BullsMedium and Large 2436137.44/cwt134.00–141.005994
BullsMedium and Large 2620110.42/cwt107.00–114.006852
BullsMedium and Large 2525122.52/cwt122.00–123.006432

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.