Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-11-04

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 4
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 186▲ 171 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 22▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 34▲ 48 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 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.37/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$108.37
47 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$497
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.29
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491116.205705thin
Medium and Large 2493107.9653222
Medium and Large 3413106.8644120
One grade step is worth $9.34/cwt here — about $129 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 sale47 hd
108.37
—
AL average14 barns · 1,850 hd
110.66
−2.29
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—High1,79072.001,2892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20638.6146613

Every lot

35 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2363144.50/cwt144.00–145.005252
Steers—Medium and Large 3390131.01/cwt130.00–132.005112
Steers—Medium and Large 2413141.00/cwt141.00–141.005825
Steers—Medium and Large 2495127.00/cwt127.00–127.006297
Steers—Medium and Large 2592118.00/cwt118.00–118.006993
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313116.70/cwt114.00–119.003653
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328120.50/cwt120.00–121.003952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368124.00/cwt123.00–125.004563
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372110.47/cwt105.00–114.004117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422110.00/cwt106.00–115.004646
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428103.99/cwt100.00–105.004456
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521105.64/cwt103.00–106.0055011
Heifers—Medium and Large 353897.47/cwt95.00–100.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2643104.00/cwt104.00–104.006693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675104.51/cwt104.00–105.007052
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415145.00/cwt142.00–148.006022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428131.50/cwt130.00–134.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433120.42/cwt115.00–125.005214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470125.27/cwt123.00–127.005894
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495110.50/cwt108.00–113.005472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527112.66/cwt110.00–114.005943
Bulls—Medium and Large 2582110.32/cwt109.00–111.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 3613101.00/cwt100.00–102.006192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2621105.99/cwt105.00–109.006586
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665101.00/cwt101.00–101.006723
Bulls—Medium and Large 278988.75/cwt88.00–89.007004
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 2424111.00/cwt111.00–111.0047112
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,79072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19434.53/cwt33.00–35.004124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21240.43/cwt40.00–42.004909
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—900.00/cwt900.00–900.00—4
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—637.50/cwt500.00–700.00—8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—805.06/cwt664.00–860.00—16
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—520.00/cwt470.00–600.00—3

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.