Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-09-27

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 27
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 135 vs last sale 324▲ 22 vs year ago 167 · +13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 28▼ 19 vs year ago 43 · −44.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 4▲ 15 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 sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 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 $120.16/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$120.16
51 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.98
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2449122.3454932
Medium and Large 1641120.2177010thin
Medium and Large 3462112.335199thin
One grade step is worth $10.02/cwt here — about $31 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 sale51 hd
120.16
—
AL average16 barns · 1,858 hd
125.14
−4.98
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18457.186776thin
CowsLean 85-90%High93054.075038thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2335149.94/cwt148.00–152.005022
Steers—Medium and Large 2590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007677
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333127.33/cwt127.00–129.004246
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368126.90/cwt124.00–130.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375117.00/cwt117.00–117.004393
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437123.02/cwt119.00–126.005385
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478112.30/cwt107.00–115.005373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483120.37/cwt120.00–124.0058111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525119.61/cwt119.00–121.006285
Heifers—Medium and Large 3532107.68/cwt105.00–110.005733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573116.52/cwt113.00–120.006682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578120.20/cwt120.00–121.006955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement630134.05/cwt131.00–137.008452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1752111.00/cwt111.00–111.008353
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424121.81/cwt118.00–127.005164
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426139.87/cwt136.00–145.005969
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471129.73/cwt126.00–135.006114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515125.47/cwt124.00–127.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528116.97/cwt116.00–118.006182
Bulls—Medium and Large 3588110.47/cwt108.00–113.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628115.00/cwt114.00–116.007227
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85046.88/cwt45.00–49.003982
Cows—Lean 85-90%94155.19/cwt52.00–57.005194
Cows—Lean 85-90%98859.01/cwt58.00–60.005832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16755.35/cwt54.00–57.006463
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20059.00/cwt59.00–59.007083
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—762.50/cwt750.00–775.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—562.50/cwt500.00–625.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,175.00/cwt1,150.00–1,200.00—4
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—658.33/cwt550.00–750.00—6

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.