Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-01-10

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 10
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 207▲ 78 vs year ago 91 · +85.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 24▲ 20 vs year ago 10 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.79/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$140.79
62 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.77
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2412142.5458737
Medium and Large 1549139.3476518thin
Medium and Large 3388135.305257thin
One grade step is worth $7.25/cwt here — about $62 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 sale62 hd
140.79
—
AL average15 barns · 1,137 hd
140.03
+0.77
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—Average1,29387.211,1282thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16663.857458thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94560.005672thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2327183.32/cwt180.00–189.005996
Steers—Medium and Large 2376180.43/cwt175.00–184.006787
Steers—Medium and Large 1482189.29/cwt186.00–191.009123
Steers—Medium and Large 1525174.00/cwt174.00–174.009143
Steers—Medium and Large 2568155.49/cwt155.00–156.008832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319141.04/cwt138.00–144.004504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325147.16/cwt144.00–149.0047813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371144.22/cwt140.00–147.005354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424145.20/cwt139.00–147.0061610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006686
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463147.51/cwt146.00–149.006832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480140.98/cwt139.00–142.006773
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480127.64/cwt125.00–129.006133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523131.80/cwt126.00–135.006895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582137.34/cwt137.00–138.007993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615133.67/cwt131.00–136.008223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620125.08/cwt120.00–130.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008444
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422179.59/cwt175.00–184.007583
Bulls—Medium and Large 2486163.45/cwt156.00–165.007949
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558154.50/cwt154.00–155.008622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595142.50/cwt140.00–145.008482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623131.66/cwt130.00–135.008203
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,29387.21/cwt84.00–90.001,1282
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94560.00/cwt60.00–60.005672
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12570.00/cwt70.00–70.007882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18061.80/cwt60.00–65.007296

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.