Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-10-12

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 12
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
35 vs last sale 131 105 vs year ago 201 · 52.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 6 13 vs year ago 21 · 61.9%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.62/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$117.62
16 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.91
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2457117.6253816thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
117.62
AL average10 barns · 1,295 hd
114.71
+2.91
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%Average1,48850.947582thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26041.095182thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low75037.672832thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
SteersMedium and Large 1333167.11/cwt164.00–170.005562
BullsMedium and Large 2575116.00/cwt110.00–119.006673
BullsMedium and Large 2426139.20/cwt137.00–142.005934
HeifersMedium and Large 2528107.64/cwt103.00–110.005683
HeifersMedium and Large 2327131.83/cwt126.00–135.004316
SteersMedium and Large 2381145.57/cwt138.00–148.0055512
HeifersMedium and Large 2493109.50/cwt109.00–110.005402
BullsMedium and Large 3425125.12/cwt120.00–130.005322
BullsMedium and Large 3540106.98/cwt105.00–109.005782
BullsMedium and Large 2497124.00/cwt121.00–125.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 274596.00/cwt96.00–96.007152
HeifersMedium and Large 2430118.98/cwt118.00–120.005123
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48850.94/cwt50.00–52.007582
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26041.09/cwt40.00–42.005182
CowsLean 85-90%75037.67/cwt35.00–40.002832

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.