Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-07-25

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 177▲ 40 vs year ago 163 · +24.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 10▲ 14 vs year ago 8 · +175.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 8 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.83/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$139.83
63 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.27
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2457140.9264335
Medium and Large 1588139.2281913thin
Medium and Large 3386137.8253215thin
One grade step is worth $3.10/cwt here — about $111 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 sale63 hd
139.83
—
AL average15 barns · 1,719 hd
137.56
+2.27
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%Low1,16965.427646thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low85057.004852thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4885
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$5336

Every lot

28 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328192.68/cwt190.00–197.006326
Steers—Medium and Large 2375175.63/cwt170.00–180.006598
Steers—Medium and Large 1472177.33/cwt176.00–178.008379
Steers—Medium and Large 1506169.10/cwt169.00–170.0085610
Steers—Medium and Large 1566168.63/cwt164.00–169.0095414
Steers—Medium and Large 2575153.00/cwt153.00–153.008801
Steers—Medium and Large 1628156.86/cwt156.00–158.0098512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321149.41/cwt147.00–157.004804
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327143.32/cwt140.00–145.004693
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371139.43/cwt137.00–140.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422134.31/cwt130.00–135.005677
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430142.35/cwt140.00–148.0061211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474139.98/cwt138.00–144.0066411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528136.56/cwt130.00–140.007219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588139.22/cwt139.00–141.0081913
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475142.40/cwt140.00–146.006765
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482149.31/cwt148.00–150.007203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538156.01/cwt153.00–158.008393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575139.00/cwt139.00–139.007992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595147.00/cwt145.00–149.008752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625140.48/cwt140.00–141.008782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1693137.49/cwt135.00–140.009532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2738128.51/cwt128.00–129.009482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85057.00/cwt57.00–57.004852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15568.01/cwt67.00–69.007863
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18262.83/cwt61.00–65.007433
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—533.33/head500.00–575.005336
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—488.00/head450.00–590.004885

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.