Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-04-13

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 13
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 28▲ 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 6▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $124.72/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$124.72
29 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.52
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508141.007166thin
Medium and Large 3433125.285424thin
Medium and Large 2593119.4770819thin
One grade step is worth $21.53/cwt here — about $8 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 sale29 hd
124.72
—
AL average4 barns · 41 hd
127.24
−2.52
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—High1,92890.001,7352thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04854.405702thin

Every lot

19 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 2378144.50/cwt144.00–145.005462
Steers—Medium and Large 3385132.13/cwt127.00–137.005092
Steers—Medium and Large 2475136.72/cwt135.00–141.006494
Steers—Medium and Large 3480118.43/cwt115.00–122.005682
Steers—Medium and Large 1508141.00/cwt141.00–141.007166
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added528120.00/cwt120.00–120.006344
Steers—Medium and Large 2643118.00/cwt118.00–118.007593
Steers—Medium and Large 2761100.00/cwt100.00–100.007616
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380126.02/cwt124.00–129.004796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430120.45/cwt119.00–122.005182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478109.49/cwt109.00–110.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513115.00/cwt115.00–115.005905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518107.03/cwt105.00–108.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639108.00/cwt108.00–108.006908
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468126.62/cwt125.00–130.005933
Bulls—Medium and Large 267294.33/cwt94.00–95.006343
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,92890.00/cwt88.00–92.001,7352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04854.40/cwt53.00–56.005702

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.