Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-11-09

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 9
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
16 vs last sale 140 74 vs year ago 198 · 37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
8 vs last sale 20 6 vs year ago 22 · +27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 0 11 vs year ago 17 · 64.7%
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 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 13.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.51/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$119.51
55 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.76
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1428132.345663thin
Medium and Large 2495119.2759041
Medium and Large 3401116.9146811thin
One grade step is worth $15.43/cwt here — about $98 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 sale55 hd
119.51
AL average11 barns · 1,027 hd
118.75
+0.76
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
BullsLow1,38774.341,0313thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08148.9652916

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1428132.34/cwt131.00–134.005663
SteersMedium and Large 1426156.20/cwt154.00–159.006654
SteersMedium and Large 1374167.19/cwt165.00–170.006254
BullsMedium and Large 2625106.00/cwt106.00–106.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2525126.40/cwt121.00–130.006645
HeifersMedium and Large 2662106.00/cwt106.00–106.007027
Bred CowsSmall 1-2773.33/cwt750.00–820.003
SteersMedium and Large 2685119.50/cwt119.00–120.008192
SteersMedium and Large 2427150.67/cwt150.00–152.006433
SteersMedium and Large 2322165.74/cwt159.00–169.005343
HeifersMedium and Large 2374131.66/cwt129.00–133.0049212
HeifersMedium and Large 2469121.33/cwt119.00–125.005696
HeifersMedium and Large 2440128.02/cwt126.00–130.005633
BullsMedium and Large 2570119.42/cwt115.00–124.006812
HeifersMedium and Large 2325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004232
SteersMedium and Large 2369158.84/cwt158.00–163.005867
BullsMedium and Large 2425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006382
BullsMedium and Large 3593107.49/cwt105.00–110.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 273596.50/cwt96.00–97.007092
HeifersMedium and Large 2575109.75/cwt105.00–114.006314
HeifersMedium and Large 3342125.81/cwt125.00–126.004305
HeifersMedium and Large 3422111.64/cwt110.00–115.004713
SteersMedium and Large 2285169.00/cwt169.00–169.004823
SteersMedium and Large 3325150.00/cwt150.00–150.004882
HeifersMedium and Large 3477107.35/cwt105.00–112.005123
CowsLean 85-90%99853.19/cwt52.00–57.005316
CowsLean 85-90%1,13146.42/cwt44.00–49.0052510
Bulls1,38774.34/cwt72.00–77.001,0313
HeifersMedium and Large 2523112.82/cwt110.00–116.005905

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.