Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-02-17

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 17
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Receipts
57 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 0▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: No slaughter cows were recorded. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady 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 $131.36/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$131.36
16 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.78
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368143.295273thin
Medium and Large 2442128.6156813thin
One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale16 hd
131.36
—
AL average14 barns · 1,167 hd
132.14
−0.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

11 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 2325167.27/cwt163.00–170.005443
Steers—Medium and Large 3330150.48/cwt150.00–151.004972
Steers—Medium and Large 2378164.86/cwt162.00–168.006232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329138.71/cwt135.00–140.004564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368143.29/cwt142.00–146.005273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480124.58/cwt122.00–127.005987
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533122.49/cwt120.00–125.006532
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438150.31/cwt148.00–153.006583
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520136.04/cwt134.00–139.007073
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570126.64/cwt125.00–130.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 2678120.99/cwt119.00–122.008203

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.