Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-05-24

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 24
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 144▲ 237 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 12▲ 28 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 mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.63/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$120.63
67 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.10
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1411135.995595thin
Medium and Large 2503120.4160537
Medium and Large 3440117.8751825
One grade step is worth $18.12/cwt here — about $41 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 sale67 hd
120.63
—
AL average16 barns · 1,834 hd
121.73
−1.10
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—Average1,47384.661,2473thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37071.959862thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17062.677336thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01458.265918thin

Every lot

40 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 3329145.73/cwt145.00–150.004799
Steers—Medium and Large 2391147.28/cwt146.00–150.005769
Steers—Medium and Large 2477142.21/cwt142.00–144.0067810
Steers—Medium and Large 2523135.61/cwt135.00–142.0070911
Steers—Medium and Large 2575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007487
Steers—Medium and Large 3582128.64/cwt126.00–130.007493
Steers—Medium and Large 2633125.94/cwt123.00–129.007972
Steers—Medium and Large 3713114.49/cwt113.00–116.008162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315148.48/cwt148.00–149.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325125.00/cwt125.00–125.004062
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377123.58/cwt119.00–125.0046610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430116.36/cwt115.00–119.005003
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431126.29/cwt125.00–128.0054413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475127.67/cwt127.00–128.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475120.99/cwt119.00–125.005757
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475113.72/cwt110.00–116.005404
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523111.55/cwt110.00–113.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526117.54/cwt114.00–121.006187
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571114.79/cwt114.00–116.006555
Heifers—Medium and Large 3584108.48/cwt105.00–110.006344
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628113.98/cwt110.00–116.007165
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416144.22/cwt140.00–149.0060015
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433133.03/cwt131.00–135.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 3472121.48/cwt120.00–125.005736
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475129.47/cwt127.00–135.006154
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515117.50/cwt117.00–118.006052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528122.42/cwt120.00–125.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535131.00/cwt131.00–131.007016
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574116.50/cwt115.00–119.006698
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623114.85/cwt113.00–118.007167
Bulls—Medium and Large 2685113.54/cwt111.00–116.007782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2713106.00/cwt105.00–107.007562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,47384.66/cwt84.00–85.001,2473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00358.29/cwt57.00–61.005854
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01063.00/cwt63.00–63.006362
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04053.46/cwt52.00–55.005562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06556.50/cwt55.00–58.006022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16563.08/cwt61.00–65.007352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28068.44/cwt68.00–69.008762
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37071.95/cwt70.00–74.009862

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.