Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-08-10

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 10
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 80▼ 24 vs year ago 159 · −15.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 12▼ 4 vs year ago 21 · −19.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.39/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$121.39
39 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$0
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2413126.415228thin
Medium and Large 1553120.8066829
Medium and Large 3475110.005232thin
One grade step is worth $16.41/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale39 hd
121.39
—
AL average12 barns · 1,589 hd
121.10
+0.30
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—High1,84591.511,6882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15656.016486thin

Every lot

24 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 3322142.63/cwt141.00–146.004593
Steers—Medium and Large 2328158.59/cwt155.00–161.005203
Steers—Medium and Large 2363153.96/cwt152.00–156.005592
Steers—Medium and Large 3368137.96/cwt136.00–140.005082
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added504147.00/cwt147.00–147.0074110
Steers—Medium and Large 2575132.00/cwt132.00–132.007592
Steers—Medium and Large 1625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008133
Steers—Medium and Large 1697127.00/cwt127.00–127.008858
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377130.85/cwt128.00–135.004935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420133.00/cwt133.00–133.005595
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473119.01/cwt117.00–120.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525121.91/cwt121.00–123.0064011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575122.00/cwt122.00–122.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606117.26/cwt117.00–119.007118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725105.00/cwt105.00–105.007613
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474126.75/cwt125.00–131.006015
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475115.52/cwt115.00–116.005492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575114.70/cwt111.00–120.006604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675108.00/cwt108.00–108.007294
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84591.51/cwt91.00–92.001,6882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11558.67/cwt58.00–60.006543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19753.36/cwt52.00–55.006393

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.