Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-11-29

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 29
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
97 vs last sale 266 94 vs year ago 263 · 35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
21 vs last sale 29 28 vs year ago 22 · +127.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
23 vs last sale 38 10 vs year ago 5 · +200.0%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.76/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$131.76
57 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$568
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.05
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2441135.0859536
Medium and Large 3415126.0952421
One grade step is worth $8.99/cwt here — about $72 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 sale57 hd
131.76
AL average5 barns · 409 hd
131.72
+0.05
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%Average1,44358.838497thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23956.7570318
CowsLean 85-90%Average98744.7844210

Every lot, as filed

31 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 2625124.95/cwt123.00–127.007812
BullsMedium and Large 3427139.03/cwt134.00–143.005943
BullsMedium and Large 2483145.36/cwt143.00–148.007023
BullsMedium and Large 2420155.07/cwt150.00–160.006517
HeifersMedium and Large 2481127.20/cwt125.00–130.006124
HeifersMedium and Large 3478118.77/cwt115.00–123.005684
SteersMedium and Large 1375176.37/cwt174.00–179.006612
SteersMedium and Large 2417159.00/cwt154.00–164.006633
SteersMedium and Large 3390146.99/cwt146.00–148.005732
SteersMedium and Large 3332154.00/cwt152.00–156.005113
HeifersMedium and Large 2427137.95/cwt134.00–141.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 3518117.68/cwt115.00–120.006103
HeifersMedium and Large 2625121.00/cwt121.00–121.007562
HeifersMedium and Large 2326146.34/cwt140.00–151.004777
HeifersMedium and Large 3324135.66/cwt132.00–140.004406
SteersMedium and Large 2340173.04/cwt170.00–176.005882
HeifersMedium and Large 2578122.67/cwt122.00–124.007093
SteersMedium and Large 2382169.38/cwt168.00–172.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 2521125.13/cwt123.00–128.006527
HeifersMedium and Large 2375142.98/cwt139.00–148.0053610
HeifersMedium and Large 3424124.00/cwt118.00–128.005266
HeifersMedium and Large 3383130.87/cwt127.00–135.005012
Bred CowsSmall 1-2625.00/cwt550.00–725.003
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2618.75/cwt575.00–725.004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2700.00/cwt700.00–700.002
CowsLean 85-90%1,01348.34/cwt46.00–52.004905
CowsLean 85-90%96041.21/cwt39.00–43.003965
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19547.27/cwt45.00–50.005653
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22356.87/cwt55.00–59.006968
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27660.68/cwt60.00–63.007747
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44358.83/cwt56.00–61.008497

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.