Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-01-11

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 11
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 89▼ 11 vs year ago 102 · −10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 17▲ 2 vs year ago 8 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 6▲ 6 vs year ago 5 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.15/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$150.15
24 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$48
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.33
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2401154.636209thin
Medium and Large 1453147.4766815thin
One grade step is worth $7.16/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale24 hd
150.15
—
AL average16 barns · 1,229 hd
137.82
+12.33
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47849.517322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08845.955002thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370163.49/cwt163.00–164.006052
Steers—Medium and Large 2377158.25/cwt155.00–161.005977
Steers—Medium and Large 1466145.00/cwt145.00–145.0067613
Steers—Medium and Large 2485141.96/cwt140.00–144.006892
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372141.96/cwt140.00–146.005283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380129.13/cwt124.00–133.004913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415129.00/cwt126.00–132.005352
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515110.00/cwt109.00–111.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 3633101.98/cwt100.00–104.006462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635109.51/cwt109.00–110.006952
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418155.99/cwt155.00–157.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478141.37/cwt138.00–145.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493130.00/cwt130.00–130.006417
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528121.99/cwt120.00–124.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577116.97/cwt113.00–121.006753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627111.32/cwt110.00–113.006983
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08845.95/cwt44.00–48.005002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47849.51/cwt49.00–50.007322
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—705.00/cwt700.00–710.00—4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2—488.33/cwt410.00–560.00—6

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.