Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-09-16

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 16
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
181 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 126▲ 181 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 15▲ 17 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 steady to 2.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.09/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$106.09
71 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.24
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468114.1053420
Medium and Large 3325111.003615thin
Medium and Large 2576102.0758846
One grade step is worth $12.03/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale71 hd
106.09
—
AL average15 barns · 1,624 hd
110.33
−4.24
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%Low1,23247.9159014

Every lot

29 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2387133.63/cwt130.00–134.0051711
Steers—Medium and Large 1418140.54/cwt138.00–143.005872
Steers—Medium and Large 3480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005765
Steers—Medium and Large 2488124.95/cwt123.00–131.006108
Steers—Medium and Large 2523121.83/cwt121.00–124.006376
Steers—Medium and Large 3538113.00/cwt113.00–113.0060814
Steers—Medium and Large 2625116.00/cwt116.00–116.007255
Steers—Medium and Large 2705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007404
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325111.00/cwt111.00–111.003615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420116.00/cwt116.00–116.0048710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427110.17/cwt110.00–111.004706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489113.00/cwt113.00–113.005538
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531105.20/cwt100.00–108.0055921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581102.01/cwt100.00–104.005935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625109.00/cwt109.00–109.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625100.00/cwt100.00–100.006253
Heifers—Medium and Large 268598.48/cwt97.00–100.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 272591.00/cwt91.00–91.006607
Heifers—Medium and Large 277090.51/cwt90.00–91.006972
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470108.71/cwt105.00–111.005113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482127.92/cwt124.00–132.006173
Bulls—Medium and Large 2487118.98/cwt118.00–120.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525114.00/cwt114.00–114.005992
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525104.88/cwt100.00–106.005518
Bulls—Medium and Large 2582101.32/cwt100.00–102.005903
Bulls—Medium and Large 267890.02/cwt88.00–92.006102
Bulls—Medium and Large 273288.98/cwt87.00–90.006513
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19545.05/cwt43.00–46.005384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24749.06/cwt48.00–50.0061210

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.