Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-10-12

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 12
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 131▼ 105 vs year ago 201 · −52.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 6▼ 13 vs year ago 21 · −61.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. 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 $117.62/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$117.62
16 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.91
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2457117.6253816thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
117.62
—
AL average10 barns · 1,295 hd
114.71
+2.91
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48850.947582thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26041.095182thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low75037.672832thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333167.11/cwt164.00–170.005562
Steers—Medium and Large 2381145.57/cwt138.00–148.0055512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327131.83/cwt126.00–135.004316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430118.98/cwt118.00–120.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2493109.50/cwt109.00–110.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528107.64/cwt103.00–110.005683
Heifers—Medium and Large 274596.00/cwt96.00–96.007152
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425125.12/cwt120.00–130.005322
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426139.20/cwt137.00–142.005934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2497124.00/cwt121.00–125.006164
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540106.98/cwt105.00–109.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575116.00/cwt110.00–119.006673
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75037.67/cwt35.00–40.002832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26041.09/cwt40.00–42.005182
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48850.94/cwt50.00–52.007582

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.