Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-05-16

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 16
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
▲ 180 vs last sale 132▲ 168 vs year ago 144 · +116.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 17▲ 53 vs year ago 12 · +441.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 13 · +61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.71/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$155.71
86 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.20
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2481156.1875246
Medium and Large 1589155.7191814thin
Medium and Large 3393154.8860926
One grade step is worth $1.30/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 sale86 hd
155.71
—
AL average15 barns · 751 hd
153.52
+2.20
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—Average1,36084.701,1526thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20068.358208thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04162.6465220

Every lot

37 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 2273187.37/cwt185.00–190.005123
Steers—Medium and Large 3324164.60/cwt160.00–170.005338
Steers—Medium and Large 2325171.01/cwt170.00–173.005565
Steers—Medium and Large 3359157.29/cwt150.00–159.0056511
Steers—Medium and Large 2377160.54/cwt157.00–169.0060510
Steers—Medium and Large 2431165.68/cwt165.00–168.007146
Steers—Medium and Large 2482164.97/cwt163.00–166.007953
Steers—Medium and Large 3525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007357
Steers—Medium and Large 2529157.82/cwt157.00–160.008356
Steers—Medium and Large 1555160.00/cwt160.00–160.0088810
Steers—Medium and Large 2625138.00/cwt138.00–138.008639
Steers—Medium and Large 1675145.00/cwt145.00–145.009794
Steers—Medium and Large 2775121.00/cwt121.00–121.009384
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325141.57/cwt140.00–145.0046014
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375139.33/cwt136.00–145.0052218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423145.00/cwt142.00–147.006136
Heifers—Medium and Large 3434138.64/cwt133.00–139.0060217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470136.63/cwt135.00–140.006423
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483125.90/cwt122.00–130.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585121.98/cwt120.00–124.007142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625124.00/cwt124.00–124.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008442
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410153.49/cwt153.00–154.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475142.28/cwt140.00–145.006763
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477147.39/cwt145.00–148.007035
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525133.00/cwt133.00–133.006987
Bulls—Medium and Large 2626131.78/cwt129.00–135.008254
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673129.67/cwt127.00–131.008733
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,19479.77/cwt79.00–80.009524
Bulls——1,69394.56/cwt94.00–95.001,6012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03460.52/cwt58.00–63.0062612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05165.82/cwt64.00–68.006928
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14671.15/cwt70.00–72.008154
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25465.54/cwt65.00–66.008224
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—891.67/cwt870.00–925.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—866.67/cwt850.00–900.00—3
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—762.86/cwt700.00–825.00—7

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.