Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-03-14

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 14
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 320▲ 124 vs year ago 169 · +73.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 35▼ 15 vs year ago 28 · −53.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 7▼ 13 vs year ago 28 · −46.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 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 $152.68/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$152.68
143 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.82
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440162.3071447
Medium and Large 2477149.7871479
Medium and Large 3416139.5558117thin
One grade step is worth $22.75/cwt here — about $133 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 sale143 hd
152.68
—
AL average14 barns · 1,505 hd
143.86
+8.82
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%Average1,39384.011,1704thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2345180.00/cwt180.00–180.006215
Steers—Medium and Large 2371177.30/cwt176.00–181.006586
Steers—Medium and Large 3375169.17/cwt162.00–174.006345
Steers—Medium and Large 1382194.59/cwt190.00–197.007433
Steers—Medium and Large 1425187.50/cwt187.00–188.007974
Steers—Medium and Large 2475175.00/cwt175.00–175.008313
Steers—Medium and Large 1510174.50/cwt174.00–175.0089010
Steers—Medium and Large 1658151.49/cwt150.00–153.009972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319164.31/cwt160.00–167.005249
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370156.64/cwt152.00–161.005804
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374144.00/cwt141.00–150.005399
Heifers—Medium and Large 1397166.92/cwt166.00–167.0066325
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418137.55/cwt134.00–145.005753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423164.29/cwt159.00–166.006958
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423152.49/cwt150.00–155.006452
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468132.91/cwt130.00–139.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475150.04/cwt145.00–153.0071327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479154.74/cwt154.00–155.007414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522145.85/cwt144.00–150.0076132
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525132.52/cwt130.00–135.006962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528153.88/cwt151.00–155.008128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563145.67/cwt144.00–147.008203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615145.49/cwt145.00–146.008952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625133.43/cwt129.00–138.008342
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423169.85/cwt169.00–175.007188
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472159.66/cwt150.00–168.007547
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475156.00/cwt156.00–156.007412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2534158.22/cwt155.00–160.008454
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580144.00/cwt144.00–144.008353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1588154.00/cwt154.00–154.009064
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37882.52/cwt82.00–83.001,1372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40885.49/cwt85.00–86.001,2042
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,408.33/cwt1,275.00–1,500.00—6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,156.25/cwt1,075.00–1,200.00—4
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,075.00/cwt1,000.00–1,150.00—2
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—791.67/cwt750.00–850.00—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.