Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-01-04

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 4
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 181▼ 144 vs year ago 233 · −61.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 15▲ 0 vs year ago 17 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 6▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.71/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$126.71
21 head · 355 lb average
Value per head Derived
$450
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.28
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2363128.3046517thin
Medium and Large 3323119.933874thin
One grade step is worth $8.37/cwt here — about $78 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 sale21 hd
126.71
—
AL average5 barns · 291 hd
117.43
+9.28
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—Low1,30869.459084thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10050.035504thin

Every lot

18 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3318138.99/cwt138.00–140.004422
Steers—Medium and Large 2330153.18/cwt150.00–157.005057
Steers—Medium and Large 1463151.48/cwt150.00–153.007012
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323119.93/cwt117.00–126.003874
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327133.24/cwt130.00–136.004369
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368128.54/cwt125.00–131.004734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418118.91/cwt116.00–122.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458114.99/cwt114.00–116.005272
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435132.65/cwt130.00–137.005773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474147.00/cwt147.00–147.006974
Bulls—Medium and Large 3482121.31/cwt120.00–122.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518123.46/cwt121.00–126.006402
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528108.52/cwt108.00–109.005732
Bulls—Medium and Large 3668102.49/cwt102.00–103.006852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,18362.89/cwt60.00–65.007442
Bulls——1,43376.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10050.03/cwt48.00–52.005504
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—575.00/cwt550.00–600.00—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.