Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-01-31

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 31
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 109▲ 49 vs year ago 100 · +49.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 39▲ 36 vs year ago 10 · +360.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.36/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$143.36
49 head · 405 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.04
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485147.007136thin
Medium and Large 2409143.8058832
Medium and Large 3347140.0948611thin
One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $227 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
143.36
—
AL average16 barns · 1,641 hd
140.31
+3.04
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37778.501,0819thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14376.8587813
CowsLean 85-90%High92665.4060615

Every lot

25 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3331182.23/cwt179.00–184.006034
Steers—Medium and Large 2345190.00/cwt190.00–190.006567
Steers—Medium and Large 1355193.00/cwt193.00–193.006857
Steers—Medium and Large 2376186.96/cwt185.00–191.007034
Steers—Medium and Large 1425187.00/cwt187.00–187.007952
Steers—Medium and Large 1475187.50/cwt185.00–190.008914
Steers—Medium and Large 2475180.00/cwt180.00–180.008552
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325149.86/cwt147.00–153.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329140.47/cwt138.00–146.004627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375147.04/cwt145.00–150.0055120
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378139.42/cwt135.00–143.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428139.49/cwt137.00–142.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470139.52/cwt138.00–140.006564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485147.00/cwt147.00–147.007136
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525134.00/cwt134.00–134.007042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580127.95/cwt126.00–130.007422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475177.00/cwt177.00–177.008412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530165.94/cwt160.00–169.008793
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90961.37/cwt60.00–63.005584
Cows—Lean 85-90%92165.95/cwt65.00–69.006079
Cows—Lean 85-90%98570.99/cwt70.00–72.006992
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11773.18/cwt70.00–75.008175
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15979.15/cwt77.00–82.009178
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36875.99/cwt75.00–77.001,0404
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38480.51/cwt78.00–84.001,1145

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.