Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-01-24

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 24
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 97▲ 10 vs year ago 99 · +10.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 33▲ 29 vs year ago 10 · +290.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. No replacements were recorded. 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 $139.25/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$139.25
26 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.84
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475148.007032thin
Medium and Large 2486141.4968720
Medium and Large 3549123.686794thin
One grade step is worth $24.32/cwt here — about $24 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 sale26 hd
139.25
—
AL average15 barns · 1,423 hd
141.09
−1.84
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—High1,843102.521,8892thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29173.749525thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18170.338318thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00962.256288thin

Every lot

22 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 1272213.85/cwt208.00–218.005823
Steers—Medium and Large 1333198.28/cwt196.00–200.006603
Steers—Medium and Large 2376178.96/cwt178.00–183.006736
Steers—Medium and Large 2435176.00/cwt176.00–176.0076610
Steers—Medium and Large 1475180.00/cwt180.00–180.008552
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335158.46/cwt157.00–160.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385145.51/cwt145.00–146.005602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473142.57/cwt140.00–145.006749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475148.00/cwt148.00–148.007032
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525128.00/cwt128.00–128.006722
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573119.36/cwt115.00–124.006842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574134.11/cwt130.00–138.007707
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415180.44/cwt178.00–183.007492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438169.97/cwt168.00–172.007442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2492154.97/cwt153.00–160.0076217
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530160.43/cwt158.00–163.008502
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,843102.52/cwt101.00–104.001,8892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99764.15/cwt62.00–66.006406
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04556.55/cwt55.00–58.005912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16067.06/cwt66.00–68.007783
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19472.29/cwt70.00–74.008635
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29173.74/cwt72.00–75.009525

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.