Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-09-20

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 20
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
324 head
114 vs last sale 210 115 vs year ago 209 · +55.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
17 vs last sale 45 1 vs year ago 29 · 3.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
15 vs last sale 19 4 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 and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. Pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.35/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$123.35
102 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.14
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1606126.0376330
Medium and Large 2482124.7160252
Medium and Large 3470115.7954420
One grade step is worth $10.24/cwt here — about $219 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 sale102 hd
123.35
AL average16 barns · 1,966 hd
128.49
−5.14
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
BullsAverage1,54285.391,3173thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47062.369172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15060.006902thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05457.6860811

Every lot, as filed

45 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
BullsMedium and Large 2524126.72/cwt125.00–130.006644
BullsMedium and Large 2473136.59/cwt130.00–141.006467
BullsMedium and Large 2417148.54/cwt144.00–151.0061914
BullsMedium and Large 3469124.03/cwt120.00–128.005824
BullsMedium and Large 3530118.16/cwt112.00–121.006266
BullsMedium and Large 2578120.25/cwt120.00–121.006954
SteersMedium and Large 3367149.46/cwt145.00–153.005497
SteersMedium and Large 2442144.59/cwt144.00–151.0063911
SteersMedium and Large 3618120.60/cwt115.00–125.007453
SteersMedium and Large 2477145.58/cwt145.00–148.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 3523110.82/cwt110.00–115.005806
HeifersMedium and Large 3565107.98/cwt105.00–110.006103
HeifersMedium and Large 1528128.75/cwt128.00–129.006804
SteersMedium and Large 2730126.00/cwt126.00–126.009205
SteersMedium and Large 3325151.83/cwt151.00–155.004936
SteersMedium and Large 3525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 1629126.49/cwt125.00–127.007964
HeifersMedium and Large 3483115.96/cwt114.00–119.005603
HeifersMedium and Large 2570121.05/cwt115.00–123.006904
SteersMedium and Large 2581132.00/cwt131.00–136.007679
SteersMedium and Large 2378160.13/cwt155.00–165.006054
HeifersMedium and Large 2340138.01/cwt137.00–139.004692
CowsLean 85-90%1,07762.32/cwt62.00–63.006713
CowsLean 85-90%1,04555.94/cwt54.00–58.005858
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47062.36/cwt60.00–65.009172
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15060.00/cwt60.00–60.006902
Bulls1,54285.39/cwt84.00–86.001,3173
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2717.50/cwt675.00–760.004
BullsMedium and Large 3565113.47/cwt110.00–117.006412
BullsMedium and Large 2680111.65/cwt108.00–115.007593
HeifersMedium and Large 2531124.96/cwt119.00–126.0066412
HeifersMedium and Large 2477123.02/cwt120.00–127.0058711
HeifersMedium and Large 1576128.57/cwt125.00–130.0074114
BullsMedium and Large 2623117.37/cwt115.00–121.007315
HeifersMedium and Large 3385121.53/cwt119.00–124.004682
HeifersMedium and Large 3318126.98/cwt125.00–129.004042
HeifersMedium and Large 2425126.40/cwt124.00–130.0053715
HeifersMedium and Large 3429120.50/cwt119.00–123.005174
HeifersMedium and Large 2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007192
BullsMedium and Large 3442131.20/cwt130.00–135.005809
SteersMedium and Large 2626130.71/cwt129.00–131.0081814
SteersMedium and Large 2672128.68/cwt125.00–129.0086513
HeifersMedium and Large 1685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008228
HeifersMedium and Large 2383132.01/cwt131.00–133.005064
HeifersMedium and Large 2675109.00/cwt109.00–109.007362

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.