Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-03-08

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 8
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
36 vs last sale 143 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
21 vs last sale 40 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 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 $136.67/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$136.67
39 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.53
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419142.5359721
Medium and Large 2444132.3058816thin
Medium and Large 3575110.006332thin
One grade step is worth $32.53/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale39 hd
136.67
AL average15 barns · 1,511 hd
127.13
+9.53
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
BullsAverage1,76784.001,4843thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10055.056057thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bulls1,76784.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15858.14/cwt54.00–60.006734
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02250.94/cwt48.00–53.005213
BullsMedium and Large 1532148.30/cwt147.00–150.007893
HeifersMedium and Large 1387147.90/cwt147.00–148.005729
HeifersMedium and Large 1470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006303
BullsMedium and Large 3418142.47/cwt141.00–144.005962
SteersMedium and Large 1340181.48/cwt180.00–183.006172
HeifersMedium and Large 2478127.26/cwt124.00–129.006084
SteersMedium and Large 3388152.64/cwt150.00–155.005923
BullsMedium and Large 2525146.00/cwt146.00–146.007673
HeifersMedium and Large 3575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006332
HeifersMedium and Large 2425130.38/cwt128.00–133.005542
SteersMedium and Large 2387161.65/cwt160.00–165.0062610
HeifersMedium and Large 2529122.21/cwt117.00–124.006464
HeifersMedium and Large 2372143.02/cwt141.00–144.005326
HeifersMedium and Large 1433140.01/cwt137.00–143.006069
BullsMedium and Large 2625117.00/cwt117.00–117.007312
BullsMedium and Large 2475151.64/cwt148.00–154.0072011
BullsMedium and Large 2431154.65/cwt150.00–159.0066713

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.