Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-09-28

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
167 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 209▼ 135 vs year ago 302 · −44.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 29▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.80/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$109.80
65 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.35
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1410122.005002thin
Medium and Large 3396110.6043812thin
Medium and Large 2494109.1353951
One grade step is worth $12.87/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale65 hd
109.80
—
AL average12 barns · 1,472 hd
113.15
−3.35
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%Average1,20551.8162421
CowsLean 85-90%Average99847.0046915

Every lot

29 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2295148.00/cwt148.00–148.004373
Steers—Medium and Large 2370138.40/cwt137.00–142.0051215
Steers—Medium and Large 3380133.56/cwt132.00–135.005082
Steers—Medium and Large 2467138.00/cwt138.00–138.006445
Steers—Medium and Large 2593126.11/cwt126.00–127.007489
Steers—Medium and Large 2663119.01/cwt116.00–122.007892
Steers—Medium and Large 2703116.00/cwt116.00–116.008153
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315118.03/cwt116.00–120.003723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332123.69/cwt123.00–125.004113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368121.69/cwt118.00–124.004487
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375115.00/cwt115.00–115.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410122.00/cwt120.00–124.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425107.40/cwt105.00–109.004565
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426114.01/cwt110.00–116.0048610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465103.03/cwt100.00–106.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476107.00/cwt106.00–108.005096
Heifers—Medium and Large 2511104.88/cwt104.00–105.005369
Heifers—Medium and Large 2587102.87/cwt102.00–105.006049
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006304
Heifers—Medium and Large 270397.00/cwt97.00–97.006823
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433134.25/cwt130.00–137.005814
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479121.97/cwt120.00–124.005845
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525105.85/cwt102.00–110.005562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528115.34/cwt114.00–119.006099
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93543.49/cwt40.00–45.004075
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02948.75/cwt46.00–51.0050210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13353.46/cwt52.00–55.006069
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25348.22/cwt45.00–50.006048
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27155.27/cwt55.00–56.007024

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.