Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2020-12-07

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Dec 7
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
277 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 263▲ 98 vs year ago 179 · +54.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 22▲ 16 vs year ago 14 · +114.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.25/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$122.25
121 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.16
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483125.6660747
Medium and Large 2444121.3553860
Medium and Large 3386114.7144314thin
One grade step is worth $10.95/cwt here — about $164 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 sale121 hd
122.25
—
AL average13 barns · 1,716 hd
121.09
+1.16
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%Average1,21649.225988thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38849.006802thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02542.834396thin

Every lot

36 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 3320149.92/cwt145.00–155.004802
Steers—Medium and Large 2323163.62/cwt160.00–167.005285
Steers—Medium and Large 1376168.00/cwt168.00–168.0063213
Steers—Medium and Large 2383160.05/cwt156.00–164.0061313
Steers—Medium and Large 1441163.82/cwt162.00–164.0072210
Steers—Medium and Large 1490159.00/cwt159.00–159.0077915
Steers—Medium and Large 2505136.00/cwt136.00–136.006875
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327121.01/cwt115.00–125.003968
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333128.65/cwt126.00–132.004285
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358116.48/cwt114.00–119.004172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370139.00/cwt139.00–139.0051416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373128.84/cwt124.00–131.0048116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426125.33/cwt120.00–129.005348
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460104.45/cwt100.00–109.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463127.00/cwt127.00–127.0058816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467120.39/cwt113.00–121.0056222
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530107.94/cwt105.00–111.005722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573103.69/cwt102.00–105.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 357598.00/cwt98.00–98.005642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625110.00/cwt110.00–110.0068815
Heifers—Medium and Large 263399.47/cwt96.00–103.006304
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421155.77/cwt154.00–159.006565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438148.46/cwt146.00–151.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465140.11/cwt135.00–145.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470147.98/cwt147.00–150.006963
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473128.02/cwt122.00–131.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528130.20/cwt127.00–134.006874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575121.50/cwt118.00–125.006992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2632108.96/cwt105.00–112.006893
Bulls—Medium and Large 268596.98/cwt95.00–99.006643
Bulls—Medium and Large 369091.99/cwt90.00–94.006352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98044.51/cwt43.00–46.004364
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11539.46/cwt39.00–40.004402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20350.12/cwt48.00–53.006036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25546.51/cwt46.00–47.005842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38849.00/cwt49.00–49.006802

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.