Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-04-05

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
209 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 132▲ 209 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 34▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $129.97/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$129.97
86 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.11
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563130.6773551
Medium and Large 2501130.3265328
Medium and Large 3437123.465407thin
One grade step is worth $7.21/cwt here — about $195 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 sale86 hd
129.97
—
AL average15 barns · 1,711 hd
129.86
+0.11
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17761.867283thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05853.375654thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2327168.01/cwt167.00–170.005493
Steers—Medium and Large 3327162.57/cwt157.00–164.005325
Steers—Medium and Large 3375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006002
Steers—Medium and Large 2485158.68/cwt156.00–159.007709
Steers—Medium and Large 1555146.00/cwt146.00–146.0081012
Steers—Medium and Large 1604139.66/cwt139.00–140.0084415
Steers—Medium and Large 2670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008717
Steers—Medium and Large 1738128.75/cwt128.00–132.009509
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384135.74/cwt134.00–138.005217
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421124.25/cwt119.00–129.005235
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432133.31/cwt131.00–136.005763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433142.18/cwt140.00–146.0061618
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478121.48/cwt117.00–126.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490136.50/cwt136.00–137.006692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538131.53/cwt126.00–134.0070813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570120.31/cwt117.00–125.006863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625122.51/cwt122.00–123.007662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added635127.00/cwt127.00–127.0080619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660117.40/cwt117.00–121.0077510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675114.00/cwt114.00–114.007702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420169.60/cwt167.00–175.007123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527132.99/cwt131.00–137.007016
Bulls—Medium and Large 2587131.76/cwt131.00–135.007735
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97357.04/cwt56.00–58.005552
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14349.70/cwt48.00–52.005682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17761.86/cwt60.00–65.007283

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.