Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-05-10

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 10
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 110▲ 8 vs year ago 114 · +7.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 30▼ 10 vs year ago 17 · −58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady 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 $136.21/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$136.21
41 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.13
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503147.007393thin
Medium and Large 2469140.4165824
Medium and Large 3457126.7157914thin
One grade step is worth $20.30/cwt here — about $161 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 sale41 hd
136.21
—
AL average13 barns · 608 hd
132.08
+4.13
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04854.325692thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3320138.39/cwt135.00–140.004433
Steers—Medium and Large 3375129.96/cwt127.00–133.004872
Steers—Medium and Large 2392150.33/cwt145.00–152.005898
Steers—Medium and Large 2468138.27/cwt137.00–141.006478
Steers—Medium and Large 3493124.30/cwt123.00–131.006136
Steers—Medium and Large 1503147.00/cwt147.00–147.007393
Steers—Medium and Large 2537133.82/cwt128.00–135.007196
Steers—Medium and Large 2575129.00/cwt129.00–129.007422
Steers—Medium and Large 3575117.66/cwt115.00–120.006773
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369122.78/cwt121.00–124.004535
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427117.30/cwt115.00–119.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470117.24/cwt117.00–118.005514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480110.77/cwt110.00–113.005324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518114.68/cwt114.00–115.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535109.49/cwt109.00–110.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577108.67/cwt107.00–111.0062713
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458133.00/cwt133.00–133.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525122.50/cwt122.00–123.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625109.00/cwt109.00–109.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673104.34/cwt103.00–105.007023
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04854.32/cwt52.00–57.005692

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.