Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-11-16

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 16
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
278 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 124▼ 8 vs year ago 286 · −2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 28▲ 26 vs year ago 22 · +118.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. No replacements 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 $119.01/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$119.01
109 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.56
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1383130.875018thin
Medium and Large 2466119.2755684
Medium and Large 3434112.1148617thin
One grade step is worth $18.76/cwt here — about $15 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 sale109 hd
119.01
—
AL average11 barns · 1,791 hd
119.57
−0.56
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
Bulls—Low1,33875.611,0122thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22548.4859411
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09945.3749913

Every lot

35 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3320150.66/cwt147.00–154.004822
Steers—Medium and Large 1325170.00/cwt169.00–171.005538
Steers—Medium and Large 2325164.55/cwt160.00–166.0053511
Steers—Medium and Large 2372155.69/cwt153.00–159.005797
Steers—Medium and Large 1380162.01/cwt161.00–163.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 3380145.70/cwt144.00–148.005543
Steers—Medium and Large 1454150.00/cwt150.00–150.006817
Steers—Medium and Large 2475139.00/cwt139.00–139.006602
Steers—Medium and Large 2575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007195
Steers—Medium and Large 2745114.50/cwt114.00–115.008532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328128.81/cwt128.00–130.004225
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335116.46/cwt115.00–118.003902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361131.00/cwt131.00–131.004735
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371129.01/cwt126.00–131.004798
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383114.75/cwt113.00–118.004394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420130.65/cwt130.00–132.005493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425124.62/cwt123.00–128.0053029
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428113.75/cwt112.00–115.004874
Heifers—Medium and Large 3474110.60/cwt109.00–112.005245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475120.11/cwt118.00–123.005718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525111.32/cwt109.00–115.0058422
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545103.00/cwt101.00–105.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575109.92/cwt108.00–111.0063212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415134.56/cwt130.00–137.005584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422155.00/cwt154.00–156.006543
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425143.45/cwt135.00–150.0061020
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472143.33/cwt143.00–144.006773
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472134.88/cwt130.00–141.006375
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526126.78/cwt120.00–128.0066719
Bulls—Medium and Large 3583106.53/cwt105.00–108.006212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,33875.61/cwt72.00–78.001,0122
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09343.84/cwt42.00–46.004798
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10947.82/cwt47.00–49.005305
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22548.48/cwt46.00–51.0059411

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.