Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-02-21

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 21
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 320▲ 240 vs year ago 77 · +311.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 80▲ 8 vs year ago 18 · +44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 48▲ 7 vs year ago 14 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.82/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$145.82
106 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.49
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1493149.8073941
Medium and Large 2438144.5463350
Medium and Large 3380139.2052815thin
One grade step is worth $10.60/cwt here — about $211 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 sale106 hd
145.82
—
AL average15 barns · 1,753 hd
148.31
−2.49
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—Average1,42097.011,3779thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37970.909786thin

Every lot

41 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 2316185.72/cwt185.00–189.0058710
Steers—Medium and Large 3335180.03/cwt179.00–181.006032
Steers—Medium and Large 2377181.49/cwt178.00–185.006848
Steers—Medium and Large 3379175.54/cwt170.00–178.006655
Steers—Medium and Large 1405180.00/cwt180.00–180.0072912
Steers—Medium and Large 2468174.06/cwt170.00–176.008153
Steers—Medium and Large 1515177.00/cwt177.00–177.009128
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329153.12/cwt150.00–155.005048
Heifers—Medium and Large 3329143.18/cwt140.00–149.004716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375149.34/cwt146.00–153.0056012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383141.39/cwt138.00–145.005422
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422135.16/cwt131.00–140.005707
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425147.31/cwt145.00–149.0062613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430150.19/cwt149.00–151.0064615
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467142.58/cwt141.00–145.006665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added491155.72/cwt154.00–157.0076514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525143.48/cwt140.00–145.007536
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530136.59/cwt134.00–139.007245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585130.66/cwt129.00–133.007643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added625145.00/cwt145.00–145.009064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625133.99/cwt133.00–135.008372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628126.77/cwt123.00–132.007964
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428173.14/cwt169.00–175.0074114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475158.80/cwt157.00–160.007545
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480155.30/cwt152.00–157.007453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560160.00/cwt160.00–160.0089620
Bulls—Medium and Large 2587138.33/cwt136.00–141.008123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620138.99/cwt138.00–140.008622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2678126.01/cwt125.00–127.008542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1710140.00/cwt140.00–140.0099410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2723124.01/cwt123.00–125.008972
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40891.33/cwt90.00–93.001,2862
Bulls——1,415101.45/cwt99.00–105.001,4363
Bulls——1,42996.52/cwt94.00–99.001,3794
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29572.21/cwt70.00–75.009354
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54868.27/cwt67.00–70.001,0572
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—912.50/cwt850.00–975.00—4
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—835.00/cwt790.00–900.00—8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—840.00/cwt830.00–850.00—4
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—728.33/cwt675.00–785.00—3

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.