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New Brockton Stockyards

Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 2

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986

← Apr 25May 2May 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

154 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 224▲ 154 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 84▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.68/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$137.68

47 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$12.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.19

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	142.88	810	25
Medium and Large 2	573	132.12	756	17thin
Medium and Large 3	460	130.60	601	5thin

One grade step is worth $12.28/cwt here — about $209 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 sale47 hd

137.68

—

AL average15 barns · 1,504 hd

140.87

−3.19

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,320	89.87	1,186	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,164	67.19	782	5thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	566	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	155.90/cwt	153.00–158.00	826	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	955	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	909	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,073	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	146.97/cwt	145.00–149.00	544	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	135.33/cwt	135.00–136.00	568	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	608	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	708	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	123.50/cwt	119.00–128.00	642	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	138.00/cwt	136.00–139.00	725	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	147.72/cwt	143.00–149.00	787	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	140.95/cwt	139.00–144.00	808	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	133.24/cwt	131.00–134.00	771	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	905	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	123.51/cwt	123.00–124.00	837	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	119.27/cwt	117.00–120.00	859	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	425	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	621	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	471	136.30/cwt	134.00–140.00	642	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	522	130.91/cwt	125.00–135.00	683	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	535	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	744	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	132.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	743	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,320	89.87/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,186	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,123	70.06/cwt	68.00–72.00	787	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,192	65.28/cwt	64.00–67.00	778	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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Mon May 2, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 154Last week 224Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 84Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	138.00–140.00	138.99
9	—	563	130.00–140.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	125.00–135.00	130.91
10	—	471	134.00–140.00	136.30
2	—	425	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	139.00–144.00	140.95
8	—	675	134.00	134.00
7	—	533	143.00–149.00	147.72
7	—	475	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	117.00–120.00	119.27
2	—	370	145.00–149.00	146.97
3	—	525	136.00–139.00	138.00
4	—	579	131.00–134.00	133.24
2	—	678	123.00–124.00	123.51
2	—	433	140.00–141.00	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	119.00–128.00	123.50
3	—	420	135.00–136.00	135.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	795	135.00	135.00
11	—	620	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	530	153.00–158.00	155.90
2	—	325	174.00	174.00
3	—	645	141.00	141.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	89.00–91.00	89.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,192	64.00–67.00	65.28
2	—	1,123	68.00–72.00	70.06

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.