Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-04-12

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
205 head
4 vs last sale 209 117 vs year ago 88 · +133.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
11 vs last sale 13 16 vs year ago 8 · +200.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
11 vs last sale 0 11 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 sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.76/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$138.76
94 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.95
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425147.4062634
Medium and Large 2481134.6164745
Medium and Large 3371131.6048815thin
One grade step is worth $15.80/cwt here — about $138 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 sale94 hd
138.76
AL average16 barns · 1,932 hd
133.80
+4.95
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10263.827033thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98655.3854610

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsLean 85-90%87050.93/cwt50.00–53.004433
CowsLean 85-90%1,03657.29/cwt55.00–60.005947
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10263.82/cwt62.00–67.007033
BullsMedium and Large 1421164.49/cwt164.00–166.006936
SteersMedium and Large 1425168.00/cwt168.00–168.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 1379149.21/cwt149.00–150.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 1433145.34/cwt145.00–150.0062925
SteersMedium and Large 1728132.75/cwt132.00–133.009664
SteersMedium and Large 1475162.27/cwt161.00–166.0077111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added431158.00/cwt158.00–158.006814
BullsMedium and Large 2524139.32/cwt138.00–144.007309
HeifersMedium and Large 2477135.72/cwt131.00–138.006477
HeifersMedium and Large 2392137.65/cwt136.00–140.005403
SteersMedium and Large 2578145.48/cwt144.00–147.008412
HeifersMedium and Large 3325134.80/cwt130.00–136.0043810
HeifersMedium and Large 3523119.13/cwt115.00–123.006232
SteersMedium and Large 2378167.72/cwt163.00–170.006347
HeifersMedium and Large 2432139.11/cwt134.00–142.0060115
BullsMedium and Large 3615117.48/cwt116.00–119.007232
BullsMedium and Large 3474140.88/cwt140.00–141.006688
BullsMedium and Large 2425158.48/cwt157.00–160.006744
HeifersMedium and Large 3422129.25/cwt125.00–133.005453
SteersMedium and Large 3323159.67/cwt159.00–160.005163
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2833.33/cwt775.00–875.006
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2645.00/cwt600.00–690.004
Bred CowsSmall 1-2796.67/cwt740.00–825.003
HeifersMedium and Large 2532130.39/cwt125.00–135.0069420
BullsMedium and Large 2474150.99/cwt150.00–154.007164

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.