Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-01-17

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 17
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 169▼ 99 vs year ago 196 · −50.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 30▲ 18 vs year ago 15 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.66/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$141.66
32 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.34
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2412142.0058517thin
Medium and Large 1528141.5974712thin
Medium and Large 3325140.004553thin
One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $130 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 sale32 hd
141.66
—
AL average13 barns · 1,739 hd
143.01
−1.34
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—High1,60396.041,5394thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31080.921,0602thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11974.298317thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01857.325849thin

Every lot

24 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 3318164.88/cwt160.00–170.005242
Steers—Medium and Large 2320184.05/cwt183.00–185.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 1390190.00/cwt190.00–190.007412
Steers—Medium and Large 2475169.00/cwt169.00–169.008032
Steers—Medium and Large 1510174.00/cwt174.00–174.008875
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315150.98/cwt150.00–152.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004553
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373146.77/cwt140.00–150.005474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432139.13/cwt139.00–140.006018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468145.68/cwt145.00–147.006826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475137.33/cwt137.00–138.006523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570138.00/cwt138.00–138.007873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605137.00/cwt137.00–137.008293
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437163.27/cwt157.00–167.007133
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518134.00/cwt134.00–134.006946
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525165.00/cwt165.00–165.008666
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545155.00/cwt155.00–155.008456
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30589.47/cwt86.00–92.001,1682
Bulls——1,900102.60/cwt100.00–105.001,9492
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01760.09/cwt58.00–63.006115
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02053.85/cwt51.00–55.005494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10070.00/cwt70.00–70.007703
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13377.50/cwt76.00–79.008784
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31080.92/cwt80.00–82.001,0602

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.