Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-04-19

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 19
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
75 vs last sale 205 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
22 vs last sale 24 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
2 vs last sale 11 13 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 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.16/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$131.16
31 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.28
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2433133.6057923
Medium and Large 3423124.125258thin
One grade step is worth $9.49/cwt here — about $54 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 sale31 hd
131.16
AL average15 barns · 2,224 hd
131.44
−0.28
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34070.029383thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24465.8181912
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02658.9660520

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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2820.00/cwt790.00–850.002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17366.56/cwt65.00–68.007813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27371.00/cwt70.00–72.009045
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26158.75/cwt58.00–59.007414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34070.02/cwt69.00–71.009383
CowsLean 85-90%1,09161.71/cwt60.00–63.0067310
CowsLean 85-90%96156.20/cwt53.00–58.0054010
SteersMedium and Large 2464150.47/cwt148.00–151.006986
BullsMedium and Large 3410141.00/cwt140.00–142.005782
BullsMedium and Large 2475142.34/cwt140.00–145.006763
BullsMedium and Large 2523129.01/cwt127.00–130.006753
HeifersMedium and Large 3415122.98/cwt120.00–127.005104
SteersMedium and Large 3375149.75/cwt149.00–150.005624
HeifersMedium and Large 2429135.38/cwt131.00–138.005815
SteersMedium and Large 2395157.50/cwt156.00–159.006222
SteersMedium and Large 2539142.22/cwt140.00–143.007675
HeifersMedium and Large 2379136.91/cwt135.00–139.0051911
BullsMedium and Large 2594123.47/cwt123.00–127.007338
HeifersMedium and Large 2473129.02/cwt125.00–133.006102
HeifersMedium and Large 2563124.49/cwt123.00–126.007012
HeifersMedium and Large 2528127.66/cwt127.00–128.006743
HeifersMedium and Large 3378128.01/cwt126.00–130.004842
HeifersMedium and Large 3483122.49/cwt122.00–123.005922
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,033.33/cwt960.00–1,140.006

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.