Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-08-01

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 1
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
229 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 203▲ 25 vs year ago 204 · +12.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 22▲ 9 vs year ago 11 · +81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. No replacement cows were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.57/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$142.57
86 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$684
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.49
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2454143.9565357
Medium and Large 1593143.9485417thin
Medium and Large 3442134.0759312thin
One grade step is worth $9.88/cwt here — about $61 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
142.57
—
AL average13 barns · 1,476 hd
141.08
+1.49
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%Average1,19770.818485thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26869.268784thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97463.056145thin

Every lot

34 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 1375190.00/cwt190.00–190.007133
Steers—Medium and Large 3377164.02/cwt160.00–168.006185
Steers—Medium and Large 2378178.98/cwt176.00–180.006774
Steers—Medium and Large 1423186.49/cwt180.00–190.0078913
Steers—Medium and Large 1476182.35/cwt178.00–183.0086814
Steers—Medium and Large 1520175.47/cwt174.00–180.009126
Steers—Medium and Large 2558155.98/cwt151.00–161.008702
Steers—Medium and Large 1578165.94/cwt164.00–168.009592
Steers—Medium and Large 1625165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365138.50/cwt137.00–140.005062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375148.58/cwt144.00–151.005579
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425145.87/cwt140.00–149.0062022
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431134.95/cwt131.00–137.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475132.01/cwt129.00–135.006276
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476142.78/cwt139.00–148.0068017
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526137.52/cwt135.00–145.007234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572145.58/cwt144.00–146.0083312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573138.56/cwt133.00–142.007943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618132.96/cwt130.00–136.008222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623140.68/cwt139.00–142.008763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675139.00/cwt139.00–139.009382
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422173.39/cwt173.00–175.007325
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429165.19/cwt160.00–170.007096
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470146.09/cwt142.00–150.006872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478155.83/cwt154.00–160.007457
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521143.98/cwt140.00–147.007505
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524153.73/cwt150.00–155.008067
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578145.48/cwt145.00–146.008412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2619139.74/cwt138.00–143.008654
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97064.71/cwt63.00–66.006283
Cows—Lean 85-90%98060.57/cwt59.00–62.005942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19770.81/cwt69.00–72.008485
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21870.99/cwt70.00–72.008652
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31867.52/cwt67.00–68.008902

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.