Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-07-29

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 29
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 141▲ 141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 7▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows were unavailable. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.43/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$137.43
50 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$2.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.38
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3396139.195525thin
Medium and Large 2463137.7363825
Medium and Large 1523136.6171520
One grade step is worth $2.58/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale50 hd
137.43
—
AL average15 barns · 1,251 hd
133.05
+4.38
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%Average1,19058.4269510

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2318151.28/cwt150.00–154.004813
Steers—Medium and Large 2369146.46/cwt145.00–150.005406
Steers—Medium and Large 3372141.64/cwt140.00–145.005273
Steers—Medium and Large 1425144.50/cwt144.00–145.006144
Steers—Medium and Large 2432141.98/cwt140.00–144.006133
Steers—Medium and Large 3433135.51/cwt135.00–136.005872
Steers—Medium and Large 1466140.35/cwt139.00–144.006546
Steers—Medium and Large 2473136.96/cwt135.00–140.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 2511130.99/cwt130.00–132.006696
Steers—Medium and Large 1540135.00/cwt135.00–135.007296
Steers—Medium and Large 1610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007932
Steers—Medium and Large 2659122.00/cwt122.00–122.008044
Steers—Medium and Large 1753121.00/cwt121.00–121.009112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328125.66/cwt125.00–126.004123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335127.49/cwt127.00–128.004272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380125.47/cwt123.00–128.004772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415128.02/cwt127.00–129.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432122.63/cwt120.00–124.005303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468122.97/cwt122.00–124.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479118.64/cwt117.00–120.005686
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520121.02/cwt120.00–122.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575117.54/cwt116.00–119.006762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583114.49/cwt113.00–115.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625112.67/cwt112.00–113.007043
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410143.50/cwt143.00–144.005882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475126.18/cwt123.00–130.005994
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527121.56/cwt119.00–124.006417
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576119.18/cwt118.00–122.0068611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675107.54/cwt105.00–110.007262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09354.07/cwt52.00–55.005913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23160.29/cwt60.00–61.007427

This sale against other markets

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.