Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-07-20

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 20
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 122▼ 61 vs year ago 141 · −43.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 17▲ 2 vs year ago 7 · +28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.66/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$117.66
26 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.43
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475123.605875thin
Medium and Large 2487116.2456621
One grade step is worth $7.36/cwt here — about $21 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 sale26 hd
117.66
—
AL average11 barns · 1,051 hd
118.09
−0.43
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%Average1,20359.587174thin

Every lot

15 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 2329158.71/cwt156.00–161.005224
Steers—Medium and Large 1360157.00/cwt157.00–157.005653
Steers—Medium and Large 2375150.51/cwt150.00–151.005642
Steers—Medium and Large 2470132.42/cwt130.00–135.006222
Steers—Medium and Large 3555119.00/cwt119.00–119.006604
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333133.27/cwt127.00–137.004445
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428119.96/cwt117.00–124.005134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475123.60/cwt123.00–124.005875
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475115.94/cwt113.00–119.005513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528109.52/cwt109.00–110.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623104.00/cwt104.00–104.006487
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482126.28/cwt124.00–132.006096
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525123.00/cwt123.00–123.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2636111.84/cwt110.00–112.0071112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20359.58/cwt58.00–63.007174

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.