Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-04-25

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 130▲ 114 vs year ago 110 · +103.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 13▲ 54 vs year ago 30 · +180.0%
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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 steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.43/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$142.43
51 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.10
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468151.1770815thin
Medium and Large 2504140.5970925
Medium and Large 3401134.7154011thin
One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about $168 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 sale51 hd
142.43
—
AL average15 barns · 1,252 hd
144.53
−2.10
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—Average1,38098.831,3642thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14770.6881126
CowsLean 85-90%High92067.0961719

Every lot

33 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 1308193.02/cwt190.00–196.005952
Steers—Medium and Large 2321183.17/cwt181.00–186.005885
Steers—Medium and Large 3328169.83/cwt169.00–173.005575
Steers—Medium and Large 3375167.67/cwt165.00–170.006296
Steers—Medium and Large 2418171.04/cwt169.00–173.007152
Steers—Medium and Large 3430153.33/cwt151.00–160.006594
Steers—Medium and Large 2482167.32/cwt165.00–171.008066
Steers—Medium and Large 1515170.00/cwt170.00–170.008769
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3314150.41/cwt148.00–151.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323158.05/cwt157.00–159.005112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430154.48/cwt153.00–155.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436148.40/cwt147.00–150.006477
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473145.52/cwt145.00–146.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473121.62/cwt120.00–130.005756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482149.96/cwt149.00–155.0072311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521136.74/cwt135.00–144.007125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575135.00/cwt129.00–139.007765
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620127.51/cwt126.00–128.007914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432161.72/cwt160.00–165.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 3471150.77/cwt150.00–154.007105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480156.72/cwt154.00–161.007528
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513160.71/cwt158.00–165.008243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007885
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576139.64/cwt134.00–144.008048
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590154.00/cwt154.00–154.009091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615136.49/cwt136.00–137.008392
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,38098.83/cwt96.00–101.001,3642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82361.30/cwt60.00–62.005043
Cows—Lean 85-90%93866.20/cwt65.00–67.006218
Cows—Lean 85-90%93970.15/cwt69.00–72.006598
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10966.40/cwt65.00–67.007366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13271.25/cwt69.00–74.0080717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30776.00/cwt76.00–76.009933

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.