Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-02-22

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 22
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
36 vs last sale 113 18 vs year ago 95 · 18.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 36 0 vs year ago 18 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
14 vs last sale 0 9 vs year ago 23 · 39.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.57/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$124.57
24 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.87
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515128.5166215thin
Medium and Large 2541118.996447thin
Medium and Large 3470114.555382thin
One grade step is worth $13.96/cwt here — about $124 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
124.57
AL average9 barns · 359 hd
121.70
+2.87
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
BullsHigh1,93096.231,8572thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13263.4571810

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
BullsMedium and Large 1463151.54/cwt149.00–154.007022
HeifersMedium and Large 1412141.28/cwt138.00–143.005826
SteersMedium and Large 2332165.23/cwt160.00–168.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 2528118.63/cwt117.00–120.006263
SteersMedium and Large 2370158.38/cwt155.00–160.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 2460126.53/cwt124.00–129.005822
Bulls1,93096.23/cwt94.00–99.001,8572
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21870.53/cwt70.00–71.008592
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09959.05/cwt57.00–61.006495
HeifersMedium and Large 2643112.00/cwt111.00–113.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 3470114.55/cwt113.00–116.005382
HeifersMedium and Large 1584120.00/cwt120.00–120.007019
BullsMedium and Large 2425148.00/cwt148.00–148.006292
Bred CowsSmall 1-2536.67/cwt490.00–600.006
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12866.06/cwt64.00–68.007453

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.