Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-03-15

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 15
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
62 vs last sale 107 169 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
9 vs last sale 19 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
28 vs last sale 0 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.26/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$130.26
40 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.89
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1415143.0559414thin
Medium and Large 2487123.7060220
Medium and Large 3392122.324796thin
One grade step is worth $20.73/cwt here — about $115 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 sale40 hd
130.26
AL average16 barns · 2,228 hd
127.38
+2.89
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
BullsLow1,73485.601,4845thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17559.286974thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95353.035058thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls1,34380.50/cwt80.00–81.001,0812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17559.28/cwt57.00–60.006974
CowsLean 85-90%94655.76/cwt54.00–57.005274
CowsLean 85-90%96050.29/cwt49.00–52.004834
Bulls1,99589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,7763
BullsMedium and Large 1575131.00/cwt131.00–131.007534
SteersMedium and Large 1325176.00/cwt176.00–176.005722
HeifersMedium and Large 3525106.96/cwt105.00–109.005622
HeifersMedium and Large 2423130.22/cwt127.00–131.005515
HeifersMedium and Large 2477124.59/cwt123.00–125.005945
BullsMedium and Large 378785.00/cwt85.00–85.006697
BullsMedium and Large 1426158.86/cwt154.00–160.006779
HeifersMedium and Large 1415143.05/cwt138.00–145.0059414
SteersMedium and Large 1586140.00/cwt140.00–140.0082012
BullsMedium and Large 2608118.50/cwt118.00–119.007202
SteersMedium and Large 2490144.00/cwt144.00–144.0070610
BullsMedium and Large 3428139.70/cwt138.00–140.005987
HeifersMedium and Large 3325130.00/cwt129.00–131.004234
HeifersMedium and Large 2523119.99/cwt119.00–123.0062810
SteersMedium and Large 2372159.04/cwt155.00–161.005923
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,164.29/cwt1,050.00–1,350.0028
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,000.00/cwt975.00–1,025.004
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2837.50/cwt750.00–975.008
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2600.00/cwt550.00–675.008

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.