Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2019-11-18

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 18
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
286 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 198▲ 286 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 22▲ 22 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 5.00 to 8.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. 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 $110.49/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$110.49
82 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$172
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.04
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2457111.9551153
Medium and Large 3405108.3843913thin
Medium and Large 1636107.3768316thin
One grade step is worth $4.59/cwt here — about −$172 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 sale82 hd
110.49
—
AL average15 barns · 1,853 hd
112.53
−2.04
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—Low1,48868.411,0184thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15553.746214thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98244.814405thin

Every lot

38 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 3325149.26/cwt144.00–153.004855
Steers—Medium and Large 2328158.17/cwt156.00–161.0051912
Steers—Medium and Large 2376144.08/cwt140.00–150.0054211
Steers—Medium and Large 3381136.99/cwt135.00–138.005224
Steers—Medium and Large 1474139.00/cwt139.00–139.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 1560132.00/cwt132.00–132.0073916
Steers—Medium and Large 1615124.67/cwt123.00–126.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 1655128.00/cwt128.00–128.008382
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3326113.81/cwt111.00–115.003715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2336119.42/cwt116.00–121.0040112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376116.20/cwt115.00–117.004375
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378110.86/cwt108.00–114.004192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426113.58/cwt110.00–118.004845
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427106.38/cwt104.00–108.004543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430120.48/cwt120.00–121.005182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463110.67/cwt107.00–115.0051216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533108.13/cwt106.00–111.005766
Heifers—Medium and Large 353399.67/cwt95.00–103.005313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574106.43/cwt103.00–109.006117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622108.20/cwt105.00–112.006735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669105.65/cwt104.00–109.007076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732100.66/cwt100.00–101.007373
Heifers—Medium and Large 276593.49/cwt92.00–95.007152
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414137.37/cwt134.00–140.0056917
Bulls—Medium and Large 3438126.64/cwt125.00–129.005553
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480121.02/cwt120.00–123.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2496124.00/cwt124.00–124.0061515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525124.22/cwt119.00–127.0065213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569111.97/cwt110.00–116.006374
Bulls—Medium and Large 3584104.00/cwt104.00–104.006076
Bulls—Medium and Large 2626104.33/cwt101.00–107.006539
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660108.00/cwt106.00–110.007132
Bulls—Medium and Large 267599.00/cwt96.00–102.006684
Bulls—Medium and Large 278087.99/cwt87.00–89.006862
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35065.93/cwt65.00–67.008902
Bulls——1,62570.88/cwt70.00–72.001,1522
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98244.81/cwt44.00–45.004405
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15553.74/cwt53.00–55.006214

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.