Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-03-29

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
8 vs last sale 140 104 vs year ago 28 · +371.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
4 vs last sale 30 28 vs year ago 6 · +466.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
19 vs last sale 8 23 vs year ago 4 · +575.0%
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 5.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.98/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$134.98
34 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$571
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.08
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497136.676796thin
Medium and Large 2429136.1358520
Medium and Large 3351130.854598thin
One grade step is worth $5.82/cwt here — about $220 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 sale34 hd
134.98
AL average15 barns · 1,420 hd
128.90
+6.08
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
BullsLow1,21876.279293thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15558.976813thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97453.855255thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,21876.27/cwt74.00–80.009293
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15558.97/cwt58.00–60.006813
CowsLean 85-90%1,02756.70/cwt56.00–57.005823
CowsLean 85-90%89549.58/cwt48.00–51.004442
BullsMedium and Large 1573140.33/cwt137.00–142.008046
HeifersMedium and Large 1508135.00/cwt135.00–135.006864
HeifersMedium and Large 3376129.67/cwt124.00–133.004884
SteersMedium and Large 3322160.33/cwt160.00–161.005163
HeifersMedium and Large 3326132.02/cwt126.00–136.004304
BullsMedium and Large 2518137.44/cwt135.00–140.007122
BullsMedium and Large 2625127.46/cwt125.00–130.007972
HeifersMedium and Large 2515126.00/cwt125.00–127.006492
HeifersMedium and Large 2386141.53/cwt137.00–144.005468
BullsMedium and Large 3525119.67/cwt115.00–124.006282
SteersMedium and Large 1377171.00/cwt168.00–172.006454
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000.00/cwt950.00–1,050.002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2836.67/cwt760.00–950.003
HeifersMedium and Large 2425137.85/cwt133.00–140.005865
BullsMedium and Large 2448154.14/cwt154.00–155.006917
SteersMedium and Large 2324164.98/cwt164.00–166.005354
Bred CowsSmall 1-2711.25/cwt600.00–800.004
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed575.00/cwt500.00–650.004
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed816.67/cwt750.00–900.0012
HeifersMedium and Large 2469129.81/cwt127.00–132.006095
SteersMedium and Large 1458161.69/cwt160.00–165.0074112
HeifersMedium and Large 1475140.00/cwt140.00–140.006652

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.