Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-08-16

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 16
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
468 head
▲ 237 vs last sale 231▲ 182 vs year ago 286 · +63.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 27▲ 10 vs year ago 30 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady 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 $129.18/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$129.18
146 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$238
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.85
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1603130.5378734
Medium and Large 2500130.3965281
Medium and Large 3441124.5355031
One grade step is worth $5.99/cwt here — about $238 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 sale146 hd
129.18
—
AL average13 barns · 1,833 hd
131.03
−1.85
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,16271.988364thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14867.0076910
CowsLean 85-90%High96063.0160516

Every lot

56 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328197.78/cwt192.00–200.006496
Steers—Medium and Large 3331165.80/cwt161.00–170.005494
Steers—Medium and Large 2335181.76/cwt175.00–185.006095
Steers—Medium and Large 2375170.64/cwt169.00–173.006403
Steers—Medium and Large 1376175.00/cwt174.00–177.0065810
Steers—Medium and Large 3378160.09/cwt158.00–162.006052
Steers—Medium and Large 2424160.80/cwt159.00–169.0068211
Steers—Medium and Large 3424144.34/cwt140.00–150.006125
Steers—Medium and Large 1425173.57/cwt170.00–177.007383
Steers—Medium and Large 2473152.56/cwt150.00–157.0072212
Steers—Medium and Large 1475164.51/cwt163.00–167.007814
Steers—Medium and Large 3488143.05/cwt140.00–146.006982
Steers—Medium and Large 2522150.98/cwt150.00–155.007885
Steers—Medium and Large 3525136.00/cwt132.00–140.0071410
Steers—Medium and Large 2585145.00/cwt145.00–145.0084815
Steers—Medium and Large 2645141.50/cwt141.00–142.009132
Steers—Medium and Large 1675143.00/cwt143.00–143.0096511
Steers—Medium and Large 2695136.00/cwt136.00–136.009456
Steers—Medium and Large 1799130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0397
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325134.57/cwt134.00–135.004377
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330142.97/cwt140.00–145.004724
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378128.36/cwt125.00–132.004853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390135.61/cwt134.00–142.0052914
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426124.96/cwt120.00–130.005325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428136.36/cwt131.00–140.005848
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471132.10/cwt129.00–138.0062222
Heifers—Medium and Large 3474122.38/cwt119.00–127.005807
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475139.00/cwt139.00–139.006602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520135.24/cwt135.00–136.007034
Heifers—Medium and Large 3524117.87/cwt111.00–120.006187
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527130.33/cwt128.00–133.0068712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573134.00/cwt133.00–135.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576125.68/cwt120.00–128.0072413
Heifers—Medium and Large 3578113.48/cwt112.00–115.006562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628128.71/cwt125.00–130.0080821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667126.66/cwt125.00–128.008453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2765112.00/cwt112.00–112.008578
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423140.30/cwt137.00–146.005934
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425157.50/cwt155.00–160.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474143.11/cwt140.00–150.006788
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476135.20/cwt131.00–139.006445
Bulls—Medium and Large 2509133.74/cwt131.00–134.0068116
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523127.00/cwt125.00–129.006643
Bulls—Medium and Large 2571128.82/cwt127.00–131.007366
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615126.00/cwt126.00–126.0077511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675117.20/cwt117.00–118.007915
Bulls—Medium and Large 2723116.99/cwt116.00–118.008462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88957.65/cwt54.00–59.005135
Cows—Lean 85-90%99167.16/cwt65.00–69.006666
Cows—Lean 85-90%99363.39/cwt62.00–64.006295
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,11073.48/cwt73.00–74.008162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12170.40/cwt69.00–72.007895
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16862.02/cwt60.00–63.007243
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18365.99/cwt65.00–67.007812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21370.48/cwt70.00–71.008552

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.