Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-08-19

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 19
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 159▲ 141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 21▲ 15 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. Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.31/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$110.31
46 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.82
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2501113.0356719thin
Medium and Large 1616109.2767325
Medium and Large 352897.585152thin
One grade step is worth $15.45/cwt here — about $52 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 sale46 hd
110.31
—
AL average16 barns · 1,379 hd
112.13
−1.82
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%Low1,23152.136427thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330148.67/cwt147.00–150.004913
Steers—Medium and Large 2593120.66/cwt120.00–121.007169
Steers—Medium and Large 2613118.00/cwt118.00–118.007234
Steers—Medium and Large 1664125.00/cwt125.00–125.008305
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370119.49/cwt119.00–120.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430117.34/cwt117.00–118.005053
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472113.61/cwt111.00–117.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528110.97/cwt108.00–113.005864
Heifers—Medium and Large 352897.58/cwt95.00–100.005152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567110.26/cwt108.00–111.006257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575113.00/cwt112.00–114.006504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624108.56/cwt108.00–109.0067721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435115.55/cwt111.00–120.005032
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475121.60/cwt119.00–125.005785
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525110.33/cwt109.00–112.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538115.01/cwt113.00–117.006192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577113.32/cwt110.00–116.006546
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628111.45/cwt109.00–114.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 171896.00/cwt96.00–96.006896
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22954.02/cwt52.00–56.006644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23349.61/cwt49.00–50.006123

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.