Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-07-06

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
181 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 64▲ 56 vs year ago 125 · +44.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 18▼ 14 vs year ago 22 · −63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.09/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$116.09
62 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.32
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530118.7663044
Medium and Large 3428110.984752thin
Medium and Large 2550109.3760116thin
One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about $28 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 sale62 hd
116.09
—
AL average2 barns · 165 hd
117.41
−1.32
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—High1,60897.451,5672thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13861.937052thin

Every lot

28 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 2339148.30/cwt146.00–149.005034
Steers—Medium and Large 2385142.03/cwt140.00–144.005472
Steers—Medium and Large 2428132.00/cwt132.00–132.005656
Steers—Medium and Large 1486138.83/cwt138.00–139.0067517
Steers—Medium and Large 1528135.51/cwt134.00–136.0071512
Steers—Medium and Large 1569133.00/cwt133.00–133.007574
Steers—Medium and Large 1626124.04/cwt117.00–127.0077614
Steers—Medium and Large 1675116.43/cwt114.00–119.007862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363126.00/cwt126.00–126.004573
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428110.98/cwt110.00–112.004752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438125.63/cwt125.00–126.0055011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459124.14/cwt124.00–125.005707
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463119.32/cwt117.00–121.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535121.87/cwt118.00–124.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573106.53/cwt104.00–109.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1592114.09/cwt114.00–115.0067511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2638101.16/cwt100.00–103.006456
Heifers—Medium and Large 167299.66/cwt99.00–101.006703
Heifers—Medium and Large 267396.95/cwt95.00–99.006522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713101.00/cwt101.00–101.007202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419132.11/cwt129.00–134.005547
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483123.41/cwt120.00–127.005962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528116.48/cwt112.00–121.006156
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569110.59/cwt110.00–113.006295
Bulls—Medium and Large 2629106.51/cwt105.00–109.006704
Bulls—Medium and Large 267399.31/cwt98.00–101.006683
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60897.45/cwt94.00–100.001,5672
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13861.93/cwt60.00–64.007052

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.