Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-12-06

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Dec 6
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
216 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 169▼ 61 vs year ago 277 · −22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 50▼ 21 vs year ago 30 · −70.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 15▲ 5 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 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.47/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$132.47
92 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.17
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1494141.236988thin
Medium and Large 2474132.7663071
Medium and Large 3436125.5254713thin
One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $150 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 sale92 hd
132.47
—
AL average16 barns · 1,792 hd
132.30
+0.17
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—Average1,68579.091,3332thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17052.006082thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98751.095043thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2327178.80/cwt175.00–180.005856
Steers—Medium and Large 1374180.18/cwt179.00–182.006745
Steers—Medium and Large 2381172.94/cwt168.00–176.006598
Steers—Medium and Large 1475166.00/cwt166.00–166.007892
Steers—Medium and Large 2483155.03/cwt150.00–160.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 3483142.46/cwt140.00–145.006882
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315144.06/cwt140.00–148.004542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325154.53/cwt154.00–155.005022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377140.49/cwt139.00–142.005306
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377131.97/cwt126.00–135.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425135.92/cwt133.00–139.0057825
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425128.50/cwt121.00–131.005464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469127.44/cwt127.00–131.005989
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473120.31/cwt118.00–123.005696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528137.67/cwt136.00–139.007273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533130.58/cwt124.00–133.0069621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572128.14/cwt122.00–131.007335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573135.93/cwt132.00–140.007793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625122.33/cwt119.00–125.007653
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426174.62/cwt170.00–178.007445
Bulls—Medium and Large 2439160.81/cwt156.00–166.007065
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470159.01/cwt156.00–160.007475
Bulls—Medium and Large 2484149.54/cwt148.00–153.007247
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485141.50/cwt138.00–145.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525148.44/cwt147.00–150.007792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588126.90/cwt125.00–135.007465
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625126.94/cwt125.00–129.007932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775109.00/cwt109.00–109.008452
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,68579.09/cwt78.00–80.001,3332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98751.09/cwt50.00–53.005043
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17052.00/cwt52.00–52.006082
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.00—4

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.