Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-08-12

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 12
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
159 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 107▲ 159 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 13▲ 21 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 and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 7.00 to 12.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $119.20/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$119.20
59 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$311
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$11.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.58
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3354127.6945210thin
Medium and Large 2500121.4660813thin
Medium and Large 1657116.0376336
One grade step is worth $11.66/cwt here — about −$311 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 sale59 hd
119.20
—
AL average15 barns · 1,483 hd
128.78
−9.58
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
Bulls—Average1,70678.321,3364thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64254.758993thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17053.746297thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3326130.24/cwt128.00–131.004254
Steers—Medium and Large 2372131.33/cwt131.00–132.004893
Steers—Medium and Large 3373125.99/cwt121.00–129.004706
Steers—Medium and Large 2509120.00/cwt120.00–120.006117
Steers—Medium and Large 1554119.00/cwt119.00–119.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 2608115.00/cwt115.00–115.006993
Steers—Medium and Large 1628118.01/cwt115.00–121.0074118
Steers—Medium and Large 1685114.00/cwt114.00–114.007815
Steers—Medium and Large 1771111.00/cwt111.00–111.008568
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327111.65/cwt109.00–113.003653
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360110.50/cwt110.00–111.003982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372111.33/cwt111.00–112.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475103.97/cwt102.00–106.004945
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525104.00/cwt104.00–104.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532104.51/cwt104.00–105.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570104.80/cwt104.00–106.0059711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618103.00/cwt103.00–103.006373
Heifers—Medium and Large 166899.00/cwt99.00–99.006612
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411129.00/cwt129.00–129.005307
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475118.00/cwt115.00–120.005615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535109.00/cwt109.00–109.005835
Bulls—Medium and Large 267596.00/cwt95.00–97.006484
Bulls—Medium and Large 277585.00/cwt85.00–85.006592
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,65382.03/cwt81.00–83.001,3562
Bulls——1,75874.60/cwt74.00–75.001,3112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17053.74/cwt52.00–55.006297
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64254.75/cwt54.00–55.008993

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.