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

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 171▲ 198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 29▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 48▲ 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 and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.65/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$109.65
52 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.89
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520111.005778thin
Medium and Large 3339110.863767thin
Medium and Large 2452109.1349337
One grade step is worth $1.87/cwt here — about $84 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 sale52 hd
109.65
—
AL average16 barns · 2,238 hd
112.54
−2.89
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—Average1,93869.111,3392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34248.246474thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05136.133806thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2329149.41/cwt145.00–154.0049214
Steers—Medium and Large 2376145.53/cwt140.00–150.005477
Steers—Medium and Large 3390136.53/cwt132.00–138.005328
Steers—Medium and Large 2557121.00/cwt121.00–121.006747
Steers—Medium and Large 1565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007358
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325110.80/cwt109.00–114.003605
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332119.61/cwt119.00–121.003975
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375111.00/cwt111.00–111.004162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384116.21/cwt114.00–119.004464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425112.49/cwt110.00–116.004784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471107.41/cwt105.00–110.0050612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2502104.00/cwt104.00–104.005229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005778
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555100.00/cwt100.00–100.005553
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425123.00/cwt120.00–125.005236
Bulls—Medium and Large 2436132.69/cwt130.00–139.0057910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480132.32/cwt131.00–133.006353
Bulls—Medium and Large 3488117.99/cwt115.00–122.005768
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513119.25/cwt116.00–120.006127
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,93869.11/cwt67.00–71.001,3392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95738.69/cwt37.00–40.003703
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14533.56/cwt32.00–35.003843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27545.00/cwt45.00–45.005742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40851.47/cwt51.00–52.007252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—690.00/cwt610.00–730.00—6
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—570.00/cwt530.00–610.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—550.00/cwt500.00–600.00—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.