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

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 163▲ 124 vs year ago 80 · +155.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 8▼ 1 vs year ago 12 · −8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 8▲ 7 vs year ago 7 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.19/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$139.19
78 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.39
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480140.8667742
Medium and Large 2449137.8461834
Medium and Large 3375127.004762thin
One grade step is worth $13.86/cwt here — about $200 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 sale78 hd
139.19
—
AL average16 barns · 1,697 hd
133.80
+5.39
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—High1,52690.051,3744thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53567.481,0362thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26564.468152thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92355.995173thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1365175.43/cwt173.00–178.006402
Steers—Medium and Large 2372163.95/cwt161.00–170.006103
Steers—Medium and Large 3375143.33/cwt140.00–150.005373
Steers—Medium and Large 1441170.07/cwt169.00–177.007508
Steers—Medium and Large 1484161.10/cwt159.00–169.0078012
Steers—Medium and Large 1510160.50/cwt160.00–161.008192
Steers—Medium and Large 2575144.00/cwt143.00–145.008286
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327147.60/cwt144.00–150.004833
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375127.00/cwt127.00–127.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377142.99/cwt139.00–147.005399
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379153.18/cwt149.00–156.005814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426141.38/cwt139.00–144.006025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433147.04/cwt145.00–151.0063715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478141.09/cwt138.00–143.006749
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480134.82/cwt131.00–138.006475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523134.99/cwt134.00–137.007067
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525132.27/cwt130.00–135.0069411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568130.35/cwt129.00–131.007403
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570121.00/cwt121.00–121.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625123.00/cwt123.00–123.007694
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425136.33/cwt135.00–137.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430153.03/cwt149.00–157.006587
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433160.73/cwt158.00–163.006964
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458154.01/cwt153.00–155.007052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463135.02/cwt134.00–136.006252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475142.36/cwt139.00–150.006768
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522139.83/cwt139.00–141.007306
Bulls—Medium and Large 3527131.99/cwt130.00–133.006963
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625127.33/cwt126.00–128.007966
Bulls—Medium and Large 1732123.64/cwt121.00–125.009053
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31384.56/cwt84.00–85.001,1102
Bulls——1,73895.54/cwt95.00–96.001,6602
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92355.99/cwt55.00–57.005173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26564.46/cwt64.00–65.008152
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53567.48/cwt67.00–68.001,0362
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—730.00/cwt675.00–825.00—5

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.