Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-03-01

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 77▲ 39 vs year ago 104 · +37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 18▲ 13 vs year ago 27 · +48.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 14▲ 29 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 steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.54/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$127.54
35 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$1
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.03
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2438129.4156619thin
Medium and Large 1523129.0067412thin
Medium and Large 3497114.275674thin
One grade step is worth $15.14/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale35 hd
127.54
—
AL average16 barns · 1,742 hd
123.51
+4.03
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—Average1,51085.001,2842thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17262.6873521
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28161.007814thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98153.155227thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3318157.56/cwt156.00–159.005012
Steers—Medium and Large 1325183.25/cwt181.00–190.005964
Steers—Medium and Large 2375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006002
Steers—Medium and Large 2425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 1459160.00/cwt160.00–160.007344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318137.28/cwt136.00–140.004373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377138.32/cwt135.00–140.005213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005956
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425131.00/cwt131.00–131.005574
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470118.00/cwt117.00–119.005552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476127.73/cwt121.00–130.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523110.54/cwt108.00–113.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525119.40/cwt119.00–120.006275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620118.00/cwt118.00–118.007326
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422150.87/cwt146.00–153.006376
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478148.49/cwt143.00–150.007106
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525142.00/cwt142.00–142.007466
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575122.11/cwt120.00–125.007029
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628117.45/cwt115.00–120.007382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2735107.99/cwt107.00–109.007942
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,51085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90655.82/cwt53.00–57.005064
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05068.00/cwt68.00–68.007142
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08249.58/cwt48.00–51.005363
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15564.14/cwt62.00–66.0074112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23658.67/cwt55.00–60.007257
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28161.00/cwt60.00–62.007814
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—775.00/cwt775.00–775.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—665.00/cwt630.00–700.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—600.00/cwt500.00–700.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—983.33/cwt950.00–1,010.00—12
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—841.43/cwt700.00–910.00—14

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.