Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-10-05

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 5
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 167▲ 46 vs year ago 85 · +54.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 43▼ 21 vs year ago 27 · −77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.48/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$115.48
43 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$476
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.52
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2406117.6047834
Medium and Large 3432107.484659thin
One grade step is worth $10.12/cwt here — about $13 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 sale43 hd
115.48
—
AL average12 barns · 1,346 hd
112.96
+2.52
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%Average1,22548.235913thin

Every lot

20 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 2315162.93/cwt162.00–163.0051315
Steers—Medium and Large 2375147.00/cwt147.00–147.005514
Steers—Medium and Large 3376125.00/cwt125.00–125.004706
Steers—Medium and Large 2457130.00/cwt130.00–130.005946
Steers—Medium and Large 3475121.00/cwt121.00–121.005754
Steers—Medium and Large 2525129.00/cwt129.00–129.006772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322126.00/cwt126.00–126.0040616
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363111.07/cwt110.00–115.004035
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426114.35/cwt111.00–120.004878
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005236
Heifers—Medium and Large 3519103.00/cwt103.00–103.005354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528108.97/cwt108.00–110.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 267594.85/cwt90.00–100.006402
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423126.00/cwt126.00–126.005334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440139.00/cwt139.00–139.006124
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467122.99/cwt121.00–129.005744
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545120.50/cwt118.00–123.006572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575118.00/cwt118.00–118.006792
Bulls—Medium and Large 364594.00/cwt94.00–94.006062
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22548.23/cwt46.00–50.005913

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.