Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-10-26

New Brockton Stockyards

Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 26

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986

← Oct 19Oct 26Nov 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

140 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 175▼ 46 vs year ago 186 · −24.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 4▼ 2 vs year ago 22 · −9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.13/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$108.13

45 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$122

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$4.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.04

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	375	111.43	418	14thin
Medium and Large 2	506	106.64	540	31

One grade step is worth $4.79/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale45 hd

108.13

—

AL average13 barns · 1,308 hd

108.17

−0.04

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	49.50	568	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	916	40.11	367	5thin

Every lot

21 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	136.76/cwt	136.00–137.00	496	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	126.73/cwt	125.00–128.00	485	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	536	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	120.06/cwt	120.00–121.00	553	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	116.03/cwt	115.00–117.00	613	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	641	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	734	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	114.63/cwt	110.00–120.00	384	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	111.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	418	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	120.19/cwt	119.00–123.00	466	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	103.45/cwt	102.00–105.00	494	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	109.92/cwt	108.00–115.00	527	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	547	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	639	92.68/cwt	92.00–94.00	592	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	424	111.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	473	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	124.99/cwt	124.00–126.00	531	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	463	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	546	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	682	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	600	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	916	40.11/cwt	38.00–42.00	367	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	49.50/cwt	49.00–50.00	568	2

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Mon Oct 26, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 140Last week 175Year ago 186

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 4Year ago 22

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	49.00–50.00	49.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	916	38.00–42.00	40.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	124.00–126.00	124.99
3	—	463	118.00	118.00
3	—	682	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	110.00–115.00	111.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	96.00	96.00
2	—	425	120.00	120.00
13	—	479	108.00–115.00	109.92
5	—	388	119.00–123.00	120.19
6	—	639	92.00–94.00	92.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	102.00–105.00	103.45
7	—	375	110.00–115.00	111.43
5	—	335	110.00–120.00	114.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	108.00	108.00
4	—	363	136.00–137.00	136.76
2	—	425	126.00	126.00
2	—	528	115.00–117.00	116.03
18	—	461	120.00–121.00	120.06
5	—	583	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	125.00–128.00	126.73

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.