Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-07-19

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
265 head
4 vs last sale 269 185 vs year ago 80 · +231.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
6 vs last sale 27 24 vs year ago 9 · +266.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 10 5 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 1.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.18/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$134.18
108 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.28
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1423144.0560915thin
Medium and Large 2486133.4464982
Medium and Large 3431126.1854411thin
One grade step is worth $17.87/cwt here — about $66 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 sale108 hd
134.18
AL average16 barns · 1,941 hd
131.90
+2.28
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20068.518222thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96757.9656116

Every lot, as filed

36 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20068.51/cwt68.00–69.008222
CowsLean 85-90%99359.57/cwt58.00–62.005929
CowsLean 85-90%93455.90/cwt53.00–57.005227
BullsMedium and Large 1520145.98/cwt144.00–148.007593
HeifersMedium and Large 1315156.03/cwt155.00–157.004912
HeifersMedium and Large 1425143.60/cwt143.00–144.006105
BullsMedium and Large 2679119.60/cwt119.00–121.0081210
BullsMedium and Large 2437150.96/cwt149.00–153.006603
BullsMedium and Large 2532137.97/cwt136.00–139.007343
HeifersMedium and Large 2380141.80/cwt140.00–146.0053911
BullsMedium and Large 2573135.33/cwt135.00–136.007753
HeifersMedium and Large 1373148.46/cwt146.00–151.005546
SteersMedium and Large 2425157.36/cwt152.00–162.006693
HeifersMedium and Large 2421136.80/cwt134.00–140.0057615
SteersMedium and Large 2330171.23/cwt165.00–175.005654
HeifersMedium and Large 2330146.56/cwt141.00–150.004843
SteersMedium and Large 1580151.00/cwt151.00–151.008768
BullsMedium and Large 2481146.83/cwt144.00–150.0070615
HeifersMedium and Large 2723108.52/cwt105.00–110.007854
HeifersMedium and Large 2523132.88/cwt127.00–134.0069529
SteersMedium and Large 2575142.00/cwt139.00–145.008174
SteersMedium and Large 2376157.43/cwt155.00–165.0059220
HeifersMedium and Large 2563125.71/cwt122.00–130.007083
SteersMedium and Large 2475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 3475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 3375131.00/cwt130.00–134.004914
SteersMedium and Large 3377149.33/cwt148.00–150.005633
HeifersMedium and Large 3510117.04/cwt113.00–121.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 2626120.75/cwt120.00–123.007564
HeifersMedium and Large 1675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008102
SteersMedium and Large 1360173.01/cwt172.00–174.006232
SteersMedium and Large 1326180.47/cwt178.00–184.005884
HeifersMedium and Large 3423126.65/cwt125.00–130.005363
HeifersMedium and Large 2473134.08/cwt132.00–139.0063413
BullsMedium and Large 3518131.46/cwt130.00–133.006812
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,037.50/cwt1,000.00–1,075.004

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.