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

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 8
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
▲ 112 vs last sale 229▲ 110 vs year ago 231 · +47.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 20▲ 18 vs year ago 27 · +66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 0▲ 41 vs year ago 10 · +410.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.02/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$169.02
138 head · 636 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.90
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2492172.6084937
Medium and Large 1714170.181,21488
Medium and Large 3523151.0078913thin
One grade step is worth $21.60/cwt here — about $59 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 sale138 hd
169.02
—
AL average14 barns · 1,334 hd
167.12
+1.90
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—Average1,584100.871,5985thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15578.9691217
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37773.201,0083thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97170.816889thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,13914
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$95510
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,03320

Every lot

48 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2338188.65/cwt180.00–195.006384
Steers—Medium and Large 3365173.50/cwt170.00–177.006332
Steers—Medium and Large 2377187.98/cwt184.00–190.007095
Steers—Medium and Large 2425182.00/cwt180.00–184.007744
Steers—Medium and Large 1462188.24/cwt184.00–190.0087011
Steers—Medium and Large 3475149.20/cwt148.00–150.007095
Steers—Medium and Large 2478176.35/cwt171.00–180.008439
Steers—Medium and Large 2523166.32/cwt165.00–169.008703
Steers—Medium and Large 2562163.95/cwt160.00–166.009219
Steers—Medium and Large 1575169.00/cwt169.00–169.0097211
Steers—Medium and Large 3615145.00/cwt145.00–145.008926
Steers—Medium and Large 1630163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0278
Steers—Medium and Large 1665152.98/cwt152.00–154.001,0172
Steers—Medium and Large 2775134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0393
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added804168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,35556
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3316140.12/cwt137.00–145.004435
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327157.34/cwt157.00–158.005153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365151.60/cwt148.00–155.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378138.64/cwt136.00–140.005243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432146.38/cwt141.00–149.0063225
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474142.99/cwt137.00–145.0067810
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483133.24/cwt129.00–135.006444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512138.49/cwt135.00–139.007098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538143.67/cwt143.00–146.007736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569143.48/cwt142.00–146.008164
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570132.14/cwt125.00–133.0075313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615139.72/cwt138.00–142.008594
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622131.98/cwt130.00–136.008213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675134.67/cwt134.00–136.009093
Heifers—Medium and Large 3678117.04/cwt115.00–119.007942
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425180.00/cwt180.00–180.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425166.67/cwt160.00–170.007086
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430151.55/cwt150.00–156.006524
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475147.13/cwt144.00–150.006992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525155.35/cwt153.00–159.008166
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54298.79/cwt97.00–100.001,5233
Bulls——1,648103.99/cwt103.00–105.001,7142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90466.81/cwt65.00–69.006045
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02578.55/cwt77.00–80.008052
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08573.08/cwt72.00–74.007932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10570.63/cwt69.00–73.007803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14776.32/cwt75.00–78.008756
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18084.07/cwt81.00–86.009928
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37773.20/cwt72.00–74.001,0083
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,139.29/head1,050.00–1,250.001,13914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—955.00/head880.00–1,025.0095510
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,125.00/head1,025.00–1,200.001,12510
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—940.00/head875.00–1,050.0094010

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.