Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-07-18

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 18
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 192▼ 88 vs year ago 265 · −33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 37▼ 23 vs year ago 33 · −69.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.97/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$158.97
59 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$841
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.31
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540160.8586946
Medium and Large 2543154.508396thin
Medium and Large 3443150.426667thin
One grade step is worth $10.43/cwt here — about $203 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 sale59 hd
158.97
—
AL average16 barns · 1,419 hd
158.66
+0.31
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%Low1,19269.038233thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94867.506402thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3373150.98/cwt149.00–155.005633
Steers—Medium and Large 1476170.18/cwt166.00–174.0081016
Steers—Medium and Large 2480159.51/cwt159.00–160.007662
Steers—Medium and Large 3495150.00/cwt150.00–150.007434
Steers—Medium and Large 1513160.32/cwt160.00–161.0082213
Steers—Medium and Large 2525159.00/cwt159.00–159.008352
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added575168.00/cwt168.00–168.009665
Steers—Medium and Large 2625145.00/cwt145.00–145.009062
Steers—Medium and Large 1640146.00/cwt146.00–146.0093412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368147.02/cwt145.00–149.005414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375152.00/cwt152.00–152.005705
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429140.75/cwt138.00–145.006048
Heifers—Medium and Large 3440132.97/cwt130.00–136.005852
Heifers—Medium and Large 3471130.77/cwt130.00–134.006165
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482139.31/cwt135.00–141.006716
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533140.00/cwt140.00–140.0074613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580130.32/cwt129.00–131.007563
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625128.00/cwt128.00–128.008002
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428142.92/cwt141.00–145.006122
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465137.38/cwt134.00–140.006393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474149.25/cwt148.00–151.007074
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524140.17/cwt139.00–142.007346
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525132.52/cwt130.00–135.006962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2585131.45/cwt127.00–136.007694
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94867.50/cwt67.00–68.006402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19269.03/cwt68.00–70.008233

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.