Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-12-13

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Dec 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 216▼ 1 vs year ago 181 · −0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 9▲ 15 vs year ago 15 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacements were to few to quote. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.59/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$161.59
49 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$716
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$16
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.79
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2392170.5666819thin
Medium and Large 1500161.9380914thin
Medium and Large 3455150.6568516thin
One grade step is worth $19.92/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale49 hd
161.59
—
AL average15 barns · 1,431 hd
156.80
+4.79
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—Average1,41681.691,1575thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96353.525154thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2322174.98/cwt173.00–177.005637
Steers—Medium and Large 3325169.00/cwt169.00–169.005492
Steers—Medium and Large 3367157.78/cwt154.00–164.005793
Steers—Medium and Large 2380171.51/cwt168.00–176.006528
Steers—Medium and Large 2405173.00/cwt173.00–173.007011
Steers—Medium and Large 1426177.83/cwt176.00–180.007586
Steers—Medium and Large 3485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007289
Steers—Medium and Large 2520149.88/cwt146.00–154.007792
Steers—Medium and Large 1555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008338
Steers—Medium and Large 3578124.49/cwt123.00–126.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 2705171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3324135.75/cwt130.00–140.004408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375139.67/cwt139.00–141.005246
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376131.94/cwt127.00–137.004965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432139.66/cwt139.00–140.006033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435143.00/cwt143.00–143.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435126.95/cwt125.00–129.005522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468134.38/cwt130.00–139.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 3487120.97/cwt116.00–124.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522127.68/cwt125.00–133.006666
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581125.74/cwt124.00–127.007314
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433163.37/cwt159.00–168.007072
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465142.55/cwt140.00–145.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476153.20/cwt149.00–158.007295
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575131.41/cwt129.00–134.007562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628126.98/cwt126.00–128.007972
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26379.15/cwt77.00–82.001,0003
Bulls——1,64585.50/cwt85.00–86.001,4062
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96353.52/cwt52.00–55.005154

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.