Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-10-07

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 217 vs last sale 302▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 0▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 0▲ 170 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, no trends available. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.19/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$104.19
23 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.02
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1422121.645133thin
Medium and Large 2552102.6856714thin
Medium and Large 351499.005096thin
One grade step is worth $22.64/cwt here — about $4 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 sale23 hd
104.19
—
AL average15 barns · 1,963 hd
110.21
−6.02
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%Average1,09641.284527thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2380141.50/cwt140.00–143.005382
Steers—Medium and Large 1440140.00/cwt139.00–141.006164
Steers—Medium and Large 2530124.92/cwt121.00–129.006623
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422121.64/cwt120.00–125.005133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425109.00/cwt109.00–109.004632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475106.48/cwt104.00–108.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475102.00/cwt100.00–104.004854
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580102.61/cwt100.00–105.005953
Heifers—Medium and Large 359392.99/cwt90.00–96.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 262598.67/cwt98.00–100.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 268094.89/cwt90.00–100.006452
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468113.05/cwt110.00–116.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470129.33/cwt129.00–130.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475122.75/cwt120.00–126.005834
Bulls—Medium and Large 2593109.50/cwt109.00–110.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633105.31/cwt103.00–109.006673
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665103.48/cwt101.00–106.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 271093.00/cwt90.00–96.006602
Bulls—Medium and Large 173098.49/cwt98.00–99.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 277590.96/cwt89.00–93.007052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09641.28/cwt40.00–43.004527
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,156.58/cwt1,050.00–1,300.00—38
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—700.00/cwt700.00–700.00—4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,125.00/cwt1,100.00–1,200.00—11
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—903.33/cwt870.00–1,060.00—21
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—739.38/cwt675.00–875.00—16
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—589.42/cwt560.00–620.00—26

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.