Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-08-31

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 31
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
146 head
78 vs last sale 224 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
20 vs last sale 34 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 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. Replacement pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.07/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$114.07
65 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.77
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469123.0857811thin
Medium and Large 3395116.8746215thin
Medium and Large 2533110.4658839
One grade step is worth $12.62/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale65 hd
114.07
AL average15 barns · 1,917 hd
119.84
−5.77
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
BullsHigh1,78090.001,6021thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15756.6065510

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2474124.32/cwt124.00–125.005893
BullsMedium and Large 2624107.99/cwt107.00–110.006743
BullsMedium and Large 2586110.96/cwt110.00–115.006505
BullsMedium and Large 2426134.11/cwt130.00–140.005719
BullsMedium and Large 2528118.46/cwt115.00–122.0062518
BullsMedium and Large 3573106.00/cwt106.00–106.006072
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2950.00/cwt950.00–950.004
HeifersMedium and Large 1375132.77/cwt131.00–134.004985
HeifersMedium and Large 1548115.00/cwt115.00–115.006306
HeifersMedium and Large 2480113.00/cwt113.00–113.005421
SteersMedium and Large 1643123.00/cwt123.00–123.007913
SteersMedium and Large 2375143.46/cwt142.00–145.005382
SteersMedium and Large 2547128.00/cwt128.00–128.007007
HeifersMedium and Large 2561109.41/cwt107.00–113.0061425
HeifersMedium and Large 3380114.54/cwt113.00–116.004352
HeifersMedium and Large 2620104.00/cwt104.00–104.006453
HeifersMedium and Large 3540106.00/cwt105.00–107.005722
HeifersMedium and Large 3490109.32/cwt108.00–111.005363
HeifersMedium and Large 3327123.00/cwt123.00–123.004028
BullsMedium and Large 3448124.00/cwt124.00–124.005563
BullsMedium and Large 3530112.63/cwt110.00–115.005973
Bulls1,78090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14059.64/cwt58.00–61.006804
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16854.58/cwt54.00–56.006376
HeifersMedium and Large 2441114.76/cwt114.00–118.0050610

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.