Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-01-25

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 25
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 196▼ 5 vs year ago 104 · −4.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 15▲ 4 vs year ago 6 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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 $128.52/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$128.52
30 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.94
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1410137.005622thin
Medium and Large 2425131.0355722
Medium and Large 3445116.535196thin
One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about $43 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 sale30 hd
128.52
—
AL average16 barns · 1,789 hd
120.59
+7.94
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—Average1,27579.431,0132thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12047.005261thin

Every lot

17 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 2334158.78/cwt158.00–162.005308
Steers—Medium and Large 2367157.68/cwt154.00–160.005793
Steers—Medium and Large 3370147.04/cwt144.00–150.005442
Steers—Medium and Large 2425149.34/cwt146.00–155.006353
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333130.50/cwt130.00–131.004352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369139.82/cwt138.00–140.0051612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410137.00/cwt136.00–138.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418131.28/cwt128.00–134.005493
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475112.57/cwt109.00–116.005352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488118.16/cwt117.00–121.005775
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528106.51/cwt105.00–108.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615110.04/cwt105.00–115.006772
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423149.61/cwt142.00–153.006339
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475135.02/cwt133.00–137.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522133.39/cwt132.00–135.006965
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,27579.43/cwt79.00–80.001,0132
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12047.00/cwt47.00–47.005261

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.