Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-10-28

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 28
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 96▲ 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 0▲ 34 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 and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.49/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$106.49
51 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$506
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.45
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2451110.3149831
Medium and Large 1613105.006442thin
Medium and Large 3501100.0850118thin
One grade step is worth $10.23/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale51 hd
106.49
—
AL average15 barns · 1,960 hd
110.94
−4.45
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%Average1,25840.005033thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2320147.74/cwt143.00–150.004733
Steers—Medium and Large 2369142.54/cwt140.00–150.005265
Steers—Medium and Large 3385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811
Steers—Medium and Large 2775106.00/cwt106.00–106.008222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330120.69/cwt120.00–122.003983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377116.78/cwt115.00–118.004405
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390111.01/cwt110.00–112.004332
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418100.51/cwt100.00–101.004202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430111.47/cwt107.00–114.004796
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470109.06/cwt104.00–111.0051310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480100.02/cwt99.00–102.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515104.00/cwt103.00–105.005362
Heifers—Medium and Large 352599.03/cwt94.00–100.005207
Heifers—Medium and Large 2561101.23/cwt100.00–103.005685
Heifers—Medium and Large 357196.26/cwt90.00–100.005504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613105.00/cwt104.00–106.006442
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414135.81/cwt132.00–138.005627
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425120.33/cwt117.00–124.005113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510116.92/cwt111.00–119.0059616
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525106.50/cwt103.00–110.005594
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573103.99/cwt103.00–105.005962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2581102.93/cwt100.00–106.005989
Bulls—Medium and Large 362591.50/cwt91.00–92.005722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627101.33/cwt100.00–102.006353
Bulls—Medium and Large 273293.39/cwt92.00–94.006845
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25840.00/cwt40.00–40.005033
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—887.50/cwt875.00–900.00—4
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—645.00/cwt600.00–675.00—20
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—681.25/cwt650.00–750.00—4
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—550.00/cwt525.00–600.00—4
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—512.50/cwt450.00–575.00—2

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.