Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-09-14

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 14
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
112 head
34 vs last sale 146 69 vs year ago 181 · 38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
0 vs last sale 14 3 vs year ago 17 · 17.6%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.38/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$119.38
41 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$557
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.93
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467122.2257027
Medium and Large 2458117.965409thin
Medium and Large 3481106.575135thin
One grade step is worth $15.65/cwt here — about $58 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 sale41 hd
119.38
AL average11 barns · 1,081 hd
117.45
+1.93
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
BullsAverage1,74087.501,5232thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09257.136243thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97851.515042thin

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 1416144.76/cwt143.00–145.006028
BullsMedium and Large 2568112.49/cwt111.00–114.006392
BullsMedium and Large 2434136.68/cwt132.00–140.005934
BullsMedium and Large 2475132.50/cwt130.00–135.006294
BullsMedium and Large 2506125.00/cwt125.00–125.006336
Bulls1,61085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3691
SteersMedium and Large 1475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006653
SteersMedium and Large 1560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007284
SteersMedium and Large 2375146.00/cwt146.00–146.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 1398132.50/cwt130.00–133.005276
HeifersMedium and Large 1534116.00/cwt116.00–116.006197
HeifersMedium and Large 1486118.11/cwt118.00–119.005749
HeifersMedium and Large 2433116.50/cwt116.00–117.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 2465115.49/cwt115.00–116.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 2588109.00/cwt108.00–110.006412
Bulls1,87090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09257.13/cwt55.00–60.006243
CowsLean 85-90%97851.51/cwt51.00–52.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 1420126.00/cwt126.00–126.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 2382126.55/cwt120.00–130.004833
HeifersMedium and Large 3481106.57/cwt100.00–110.005135

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.