Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-04-11

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 11
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
304 head
▲ 228 vs last sale 76▲ 99 vs year ago 205 · +48.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 18▲ 26 vs year ago 24 · +108.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold steady 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 $143.12/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$143.12
128 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.04
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525147.0377251
Medium and Large 2478144.3269039
Medium and Large 3407136.6355538
One grade step is worth $10.40/cwt here — about $216 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 sale128 hd
143.12
—
AL average14 barns · 1,281 hd
145.16
−2.04
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
Bulls—Average1,580105.601,6682thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35378.161,0589thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11975.2784213
CowsLean 85-90%Average91367.2661412

Every lot

42 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2327179.56/cwt177.00–185.005875
Steers—Medium and Large 3328169.72/cwt167.00–175.005576
Steers—Medium and Large 2376177.35/cwt175.00–183.0066711
Steers—Medium and Large 3378166.99/cwt165.00–169.006312
Steers—Medium and Large 3425160.00/cwt160.00–160.006803
Steers—Medium and Large 2433173.98/cwt173.00–175.007533
Steers—Medium and Large 3475146.00/cwt146.00–146.006942
Steers—Medium and Large 1478175.22/cwt174.00–179.008385
Steers—Medium and Large 2478166.25/cwt165.00–167.007958
Steers—Medium and Large 1510174.00/cwt174.00–174.0088711
Steers—Medium and Large 2566158.26/cwt157.00–159.008964
Steers—Medium and Large 2630149.02/cwt148.00–150.009392
Steers—Medium and Large 2678143.41/cwt140.00–147.009722
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3324147.57/cwt140.00–150.004787
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371150.55/cwt149.00–155.005595
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376136.67/cwt134.00–141.005147
Heifers—Medium and Large 3416135.50/cwt130.00–139.0056417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421156.58/cwt154.00–159.006595
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424149.19/cwt147.00–150.006335
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470130.99/cwt129.00–133.006165
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477145.34/cwt140.00–149.0069319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485150.11/cwt149.00–152.0072826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525149.25/cwt148.00–150.007848
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007352
Heifers—Medium and Large 3563121.99/cwt120.00–124.006872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569136.04/cwt130.00–138.007748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583146.49/cwt145.00–148.008542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618138.50/cwt138.00–139.008562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681131.11/cwt130.00–133.008938
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473153.31/cwt150.00–160.007253
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590143.49/cwt142.00–145.008472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625141.00/cwt141.00–141.008812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627137.99/cwt136.00–139.008653
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,580105.60/cwt105.00–106.001,6682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90064.70/cwt64.00–66.005827
Cows—Lean 85-90%93070.85/cwt69.00–72.006595
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09080.99/cwt80.00–82.008834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13170.02/cwt69.00–72.007925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13476.10/cwt74.00–78.008634
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28083.04/cwt82.00–84.001,0632
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29073.51/cwt72.00–75.009482
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40878.07/cwt77.00–80.001,0995

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.