Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-08-23

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 23
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 468▲ 168 vs year ago 224 · +75.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 40▲ 51 vs year ago 34 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.88/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$123.88
120 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.18
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575124.9971914thin
Medium and Large 2523124.9565377
Medium and Large 3505120.5160829
One grade step is worth $4.48/cwt here — about $111 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 sale120 hd
123.88
—
AL average16 barns · 1,867 hd
131.06
−7.18
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—High1,57191.501,4374thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37669.049504thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14265.2374514
CowsLean 85-90%Low99461.8061430

Every lot

52 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005042
Steers—Medium and Large 2327170.69/cwt168.00–174.0055810
Steers—Medium and Large 1370176.65/cwt175.00–179.006543
Steers—Medium and Large 2378169.15/cwt167.00–170.006396
Steers—Medium and Large 1425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007236
Steers—Medium and Large 2429167.46/cwt160.00–170.007186
Steers—Medium and Large 2510151.20/cwt150.00–153.0077111
Steers—Medium and Large 3520132.43/cwt130.00–135.006892
Steers—Medium and Large 2567140.53/cwt139.00–143.0079715
Steers—Medium and Large 2629138.35/cwt137.00–141.0087028
Steers—Medium and Large 2694135.78/cwt134.00–136.009429
Steers—Medium and Large 2730131.86/cwt131.00–132.009637
Steers—Medium and Large 2775128.48/cwt125.00–132.009962
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335130.06/cwt126.00–134.004362
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370126.44/cwt125.00–131.004684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376134.49/cwt132.00–136.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427123.62/cwt120.00–126.005283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433129.79/cwt126.00–135.0056220
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475128.22/cwt126.00–129.006099
Heifers—Medium and Large 3481121.62/cwt120.00–124.005855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525128.00/cwt128.00–128.006722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525123.72/cwt123.00–124.0065018
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525120.67/cwt119.00–121.006346
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575118.47/cwt117.00–120.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578124.69/cwt124.00–127.0072110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580123.32/cwt122.00–124.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610123.50/cwt123.00–124.007532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627119.41/cwt118.00–122.0074919
Heifers—Medium and Large 3629113.79/cwt110.00–115.007165
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675117.00/cwt117.00–117.007904
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409167.99/cwt166.00–170.006874
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424146.26/cwt144.00–147.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429151.94/cwt150.00–160.006527
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475134.33/cwt131.00–140.0063812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478129.38/cwt127.00–131.006185
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521130.82/cwt128.00–134.006825
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528125.01/cwt124.00–127.006605
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575127.85/cwt124.00–130.0073513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2614122.25/cwt120.00–125.007514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675123.00/cwt123.00–123.008305
Bulls—Medium and Large 3680113.97/cwt110.00–116.007753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725118.51/cwt117.00–120.008592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775110.25/cwt110.00–111.008544
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23884.48/cwt83.00–86.001,0462
Bulls——1,90398.51/cwt98.00–99.001,8752
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97057.64/cwt55.00–60.0055914
Cows—Lean 85-90%99862.99/cwt62.00–65.006298
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03367.89/cwt67.00–70.007018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11662.56/cwt62.00–65.006986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16267.24/cwt66.00–69.007818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37669.04/cwt67.00–70.009504

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.