Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-07-13

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 13
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 181▲ 5 vs year ago 117 · +4.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 8▼ 15 vs year ago 32 · −46.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.53/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$140.53
37 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.93
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2360148.5053519thin
Medium and Large 1550135.4574611thin
Medium and Large 3424126.865387thin
One grade step is worth $21.64/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale37 hd
140.53
—
AL average10 barns · 914 hd
133.59
+6.93
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17556.566659thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2327154.53/cwt154.00–158.005058
Steers—Medium and Large 3364130.00/cwt130.00–130.004735
Steers—Medium and Large 2384144.11/cwt143.00–152.0055311
Steers—Medium and Large 1525138.00/cwt138.00–138.007254
Steers—Medium and Large 1565134.00/cwt134.00–134.007577
Steers—Medium and Large 3575119.00/cwt119.00–119.006842
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375140.75/cwt140.00–141.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 3444113.00/cwt113.00–113.005024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475113.60/cwt112.00–116.005405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525121.00/cwt121.00–121.006352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583117.00/cwt117.00–117.006826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2679101.98/cwt99.00–103.006924
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421140.46/cwt138.00–143.005914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458127.14/cwt126.00–134.005827
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460117.47/cwt115.00–120.005402
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522123.16/cwt120.00–125.006437
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525129.00/cwt129.00–129.006772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574117.56/cwt114.00–120.006755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2626114.29/cwt111.00–117.007157
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12955.44/cwt52.00–57.006267
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33860.49/cwt59.00–62.008092

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.