Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-09-21

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 21
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
209 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 112▼ 15 vs year ago 224 · −6.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 14▲ 3 vs year ago 26 · +11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $114.56/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −95.58 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.
Average price
$114.56
63 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.22
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2546118.5064748
Medium and Large 3591101.9560215thin
One grade step is worth $16.56/cwt here — about $45 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 sale63 hd
114.56
—
AL average12 barns · 1,103 hd
123.78
−9.22
This barn, trailing median4 sales
210.14
−95.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
245224203181median 210.1404/2005/0407/2008/0308/03
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $230.57, low $195.48, median $210.14 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,15378.409043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22057.4970110
CowsLean 85-90%Low99855.315525thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2368153.24/cwt151.00–156.005644
Steers—Medium and Large 3378134.41/cwt130.00–140.005083
Steers—Medium and Large 2470140.52/cwt139.00–142.006602
Steers—Medium and Large 1513139.49/cwt138.00–144.007168
Steers—Medium and Large 3575110.52/cwt110.00–111.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 2697120.00/cwt120.00–120.008369
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1354133.55/cwt128.00–134.0047315
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383117.48/cwt115.00–120.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430108.98/cwt105.00–112.004693
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440113.00/cwt113.00–113.004974
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460112.00/cwt112.00–112.0051514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517105.78/cwt105.00–107.005475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575105.00/cwt104.00–106.006044
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665102.20/cwt100.00–103.006805
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425133.48/cwt133.00–134.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470118.37/cwt115.00–120.005563
Bulls—Medium and Large 2491126.79/cwt124.00–127.0062314
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531120.44/cwt120.00–121.006407
Bulls—Medium and Large 2584112.89/cwt112.00–114.0065917
Bulls—Medium and Large 2607110.49/cwt107.00–111.006718
Bulls—Medium and Large 362197.84/cwt97.00–99.0060812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,15378.40/cwt76.00–80.009043
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90548.62/cwt47.00–50.004402
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06059.77/cwt57.00–61.006343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10062.32/cwt62.00–63.006863
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20851.87/cwt51.00–53.006272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29756.84/cwt55.00–59.007375

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.