Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-06-06

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 6
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
176 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 249▲ 9 vs year ago 167 · +5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 18▼ 20 vs year ago 48 · −41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.96/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$136.96
42 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.95
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533142.6576012thin
Medium and Large 2496138.1568613thin
Medium and Large 3353132.0346617thin
One grade step is worth $10.62/cwt here — about $295 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 sale42 hd
136.96
—
AL average14 barns · 1,302 hd
137.91
−0.95
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—High1,253102.031,2782thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36876.631,0482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17369.038102thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92163.4058412

Every lot

31 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 3325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005203
Steers—Medium and Large 2330168.97/cwt167.00–170.005583
Steers—Medium and Large 3374150.99/cwt150.00–154.005654
Steers—Medium and Large 1475166.00/cwt166.00–166.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 2475154.92/cwt151.00–159.007362
Steers—Medium and Large 2525147.24/cwt145.00–150.007734
Steers—Medium and Large 3530137.53/cwt136.00–139.007292
Steers—Medium and Large 1563154.49/cwt152.00–157.008702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3326132.38/cwt130.00–138.0043211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375133.49/cwt128.00–138.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390145.51/cwt145.00–146.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424142.51/cwt141.00–145.006044
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428129.29/cwt127.00–131.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475141.32/cwt140.00–143.006713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525142.90/cwt142.00–143.0075010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573141.42/cwt139.00–144.008102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2593133.99/cwt131.00–137.007952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2683121.50/cwt121.00–122.008302
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426148.38/cwt145.00–152.0063210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475145.58/cwt142.00–148.006923
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475139.00/cwt137.00–141.006604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515136.99/cwt136.00–138.007052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576131.01/cwt130.00–134.007554
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618126.63/cwt125.00–130.007833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680122.57/cwt119.00–126.008335
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725122.00/cwt122.00–122.008852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,253102.03/cwt101.00–103.001,2782
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90461.53/cwt60.00–65.005569
Cows—Lean 85-90%97269.00/cwt67.00–70.006713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17369.03/cwt68.00–70.008102
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36876.63/cwt75.00–78.001,0482

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.