Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-06-08

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 8
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 67▼ 94 vs year ago 169 · −55.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 14▼ 8 vs year ago 35 · −22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.22/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$137.22
19 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$155
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.47
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2378140.8653312thin
Medium and Large 1535136.397305thin
Medium and Large 3585117.476872thin
One grade step is worth $23.39/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale19 hd
137.22
—
AL average11 barns · 835 hd
131.75
+5.47
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—High1,58098.051,5492thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33074.229874thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12569.917878thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93260.665657thin

Every lot

18 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 2323146.84/cwt145.00–151.004745
Steers—Medium and Large 2369140.00/cwt140.00–140.005174
Steers—Medium and Large 2482132.03/cwt131.00–134.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 1535136.39/cwt134.00–137.007305
Steers—Medium and Large 3585117.47/cwt116.00–119.006872
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411125.00/cwt125.00–125.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463110.00/cwt110.00–110.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578111.53/cwt109.00–114.006452
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480129.94/cwt127.00–133.006242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528125.26/cwt121.00–131.006613
Bulls—Medium and Large 3543113.52/cwt110.00–117.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2638109.49/cwt109.00–110.006992
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58098.05/cwt97.00–99.001,5492
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92056.00/cwt55.00–57.005152
Cows—Lean 85-90%93762.53/cwt60.00–65.005865
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09768.54/cwt65.00–70.007526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21074.00/cwt74.00–74.008952
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33074.22/cwt72.00–77.009874

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.