Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-01-18

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 18
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
196 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 91▲ 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 11▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.20/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$122.20
70 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.61
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432136.9359213thin
Medium and Large 2481122.3358940
Medium and Large 3456110.6550417thin
One grade step is worth $26.28/cwt here — about $87 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 sale70 hd
122.20
—
AL average15 barns · 1,636 hd
122.81
−0.61
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—High1,89382.321,5583thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04245.574756thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2326163.42/cwt160.00–168.0053310
Steers—Medium and Large 3333147.42/cwt145.00–150.004913
Steers—Medium and Large 3375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005252
Steers—Medium and Large 2376154.13/cwt150.00–161.005807
Steers—Medium and Large 2520130.35/cwt126.00–135.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 1565134.00/cwt134.00–134.007572
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333136.95/cwt132.00–141.004564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363144.51/cwt144.00–145.005252
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368121.44/cwt118.00–128.004474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378141.32/cwt140.00–142.005346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408140.89/cwt140.00–141.005759
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420109.25/cwt106.00–113.004594
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425123.00/cwt121.00–125.005234
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478107.03/cwt105.00–111.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490121.78/cwt115.00–123.0059712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523113.25/cwt112.00–114.005924
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527106.19/cwt103.00–110.005606
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575110.81/cwt110.00–111.006375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610111.50/cwt111.00–112.006802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622107.40/cwt105.00–110.006685
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417152.90/cwt146.00–156.0063816
Bulls—Medium and Large 3488125.50/cwt125.00–126.006122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510127.50/cwt127.00–128.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521119.76/cwt119.00–120.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560119.79/cwt119.00–120.006715
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575106.00/cwt105.00–108.006103
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,89382.32/cwt82.00–83.001,5583
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02143.10/cwt40.00–45.004404
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08350.52/cwt50.00–51.005472
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—675.00/cwt660.00–690.00—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.