Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-10-19

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 19
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 96▲ 79 vs year ago 96 · +82.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 8▲ 4 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 steady to 3.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $103.84/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −106.30 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.
Average price
$103.84
56 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.04
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2575104.7960248
Medium and Large 353898.125288thin
One grade step is worth $6.66/cwt here — about $74 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 sale56 hd
103.84
—
AL average11 barns · 894 hd
117.87
−14.04
This barn, trailing median4 sales
210.14
−106.30
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
CowsLean 85-90%Low96540.003862thin

Every lot

27 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 3327133.02/cwt128.00–137.004359
Steers—Medium and Large 2332138.27/cwt137.00–140.004593
Steers—Medium and Large 2375137.96/cwt134.00–140.005174
Steers—Medium and Large 3385118.43/cwt117.00–126.0045610
Steers—Medium and Large 3425113.00/cwt113.00–113.004802
Steers—Medium and Large 2630116.50/cwt116.00–117.007342
Steers—Medium and Large 2663112.66/cwt109.00–116.007473
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321120.24/cwt120.00–121.003864
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328113.31/cwt110.00–117.003722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373120.17/cwt118.00–123.0044811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380104.38/cwt100.00–109.003972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430119.00/cwt119.00–119.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477114.26/cwt110.00–118.005453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559107.39/cwt106.00–108.006005
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006402
Heifers—Medium and Large 267095.59/cwt95.00–98.006405
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429123.15/cwt118.00–126.005285
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467118.31/cwt115.00–122.0055310
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475108.33/cwt105.00–110.005153
Bulls—Medium and Large 351597.50/cwt95.00–100.005022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535107.79/cwt105.00–115.0057714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579101.16/cwt95.00–105.005865
Bulls—Medium and Large 358593.00/cwt93.00–93.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 363386.00/cwt85.00–87.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 265892.51/cwt90.00–95.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 275685.92/cwt85.00–86.0065012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96540.00/cwt40.00–40.003862

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.