Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-02-08

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 8
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 100▲ 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 10▲ 36 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 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.05/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$151.05
40 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.82
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461159.8373712thin
Medium and Large 2454151.3868722
Medium and Large 3493132.316526thin
One grade step is worth $27.52/cwt here — about $84 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 sale40 hd
151.05
—
AL average15 barns · 888 hd
145.23
+5.82
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—High1,48889.891,3382thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42462.578919thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13660.9369213
CowsLean 85-90%Low99155.445507thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330166.69/cwt166.00–168.005503
Steers—Medium and Large 1375169.00/cwt169.00–169.006343
Steers—Medium and Large 2378164.35/cwt164.00–166.006216
Steers—Medium and Large 3423144.50/cwt144.00–145.006112
Steers—Medium and Large 1425161.00/cwt161.00–161.006842
Steers—Medium and Large 2425154.86/cwt153.00–160.006586
Steers—Medium and Large 1508155.56/cwt153.00–156.007907
Steers—Medium and Large 2525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007352
Steers—Medium and Large 3528126.21/cwt120.00–130.006664
Steers—Medium and Large 2625127.00/cwt127.00–127.007945
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325139.00/cwt139.00–139.004522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370131.92/cwt130.00–138.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423117.22/cwt116.00–119.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424126.45/cwt125.00–127.005369
Heifers—Medium and Large 3481116.23/cwt112.00–118.005594
Heifers—Medium and Large 3524111.50/cwt108.00–114.005846
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528119.49/cwt117.00–120.006316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577116.32/cwt113.00–118.006713
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428152.15/cwt146.00–155.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522132.12/cwt130.00–139.006906
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,48889.89/cwt89.00–91.001,3382
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97556.04/cwt55.00–57.005462
Cows—Lean 85-90%98359.32/cwt59.00–60.005833
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02049.01/cwt48.00–50.005002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03254.67/cwt54.00–55.005643
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14960.38/cwt59.00–62.006945
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18565.23/cwt64.00–67.007735
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40064.60/cwt64.00–66.009043
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43661.55/cwt60.00–63.008846

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.