Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-05-09

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 9
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 154▲ 10 vs year ago 122 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 16▲ 10 vs year ago 7 · +142.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.82/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$142.82
44 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.07
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469152.6371514thin
Medium and Large 2522139.3272822
Medium and Large 3423135.255728thin
One grade step is worth $17.38/cwt here — about $143 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 sale44 hd
142.82
—
AL average16 barns · 1,447 hd
140.75
+2.07
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13369.047826thin

Every lot

18 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2428164.66/cwt164.00–165.007053
Steers—Medium and Large 2486160.84/cwt160.00–162.007827
Steers—Medium and Large 1515164.00/cwt164.00–164.008458
Steers—Medium and Large 2530158.98/cwt157.00–161.008432
Steers—Medium and Large 1625150.00/cwt150.00–150.009385
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324150.51/cwt147.00–155.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005254
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420135.00/cwt130.00–140.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458153.56/cwt151.00–154.007037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520149.24/cwt148.00–151.007764
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523126.01/cwt125.00–127.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535142.00/cwt142.00–142.007607
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633129.89/cwt129.00–130.008229
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490158.85/cwt154.00–160.007785
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590138.54/cwt134.00–143.008172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13369.04/cwt67.00–72.007826

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.