Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-06-21

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 21
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
42 vs last sale 127 21 vs year ago 64 · +32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
7 vs last sale 10 1 vs year ago 18 · 5.6%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.48/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$143.48
25 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.29
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475158.007519thin
Medium and Large 2450153.006894thin
Medium and Large 3571129.4273912thin
One grade step is worth $28.58/cwt here — about $12 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 sale25 hd
143.48
AL average15 barns · 1,088 hd
143.77
−0.29
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%Average1,29069.008902thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04459.986266thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1525131.00/cwt131.00–131.006884
HeifersMedium and Large 1625128.00/cwt128.00–128.008005
SteersMedium and Large 1475158.00/cwt158.00–158.007519
SteersMedium and Large 2375158.00/cwt158.00–158.005932
SteersMedium and Large 3375139.00/cwt139.00–139.005212
SteersMedium and Large 3625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007812
BullsMedium and Large 2475142.00/cwt142.00–142.006754
BullsMedium and Large 2525128.00/cwt126.00–131.006725
HeifersMedium and Large 2338142.53/cwt141.00–144.004822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29069.00/cwt69.00–69.008902
CowsLean 85-90%1,00563.61/cwt63.00–64.006393
CowsLean 85-90%1,08256.36/cwt54.00–59.006103
HeifersMedium and Large 2425132.00/cwt132.00–132.005614
SteersMedium and Large 2525148.00/cwt148.00–148.007772
HeifersMedium and Large 2525128.00/cwt128.00–128.006726
SteersMedium and Large 3725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008703
SteersMedium and Large 3535133.00/cwt133.00–133.007125
HeifersMedium and Large 3478112.37/cwt110.00–117.005373

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.