Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-09-26

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 26
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
▲ 87 vs last sale 323▲ 221 vs year ago 189 · +116.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 48▲ 72 vs year ago 24 · +300.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 5▲ 23 vs year ago 15 · +153.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 7.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.76/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$140.76
112 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.41
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581146.648525thin
Medium and Large 2497141.3170375
Medium and Large 3417138.5657732
One grade step is worth $8.07/cwt here — about $275 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 sale112 hd
140.76
—
AL average13 barns · 1,625 hd
142.17
−1.41
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—High1,60696.541,5504thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28375.069632thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17072.8585224
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06166.8370924

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)—$1,0753thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8258
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,28330
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$9388

Every lot

53 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2326201.23/cwt194.00–212.006565
Steers—Medium and Large 1328214.36/cwt207.00–217.007037
Steers—Medium and Large 3332181.04/cwt180.00–188.006018
Steers—Medium and Large 1375207.00/cwt207.00–207.007763
Steers—Medium and Large 2379191.92/cwt187.00–195.007275
Steers—Medium and Large 3379181.69/cwt177.00–185.006894
Steers—Medium and Large 2411176.17/cwt169.00–179.007247
Steers—Medium and Large 2466169.03/cwt166.00–171.007884
Steers—Medium and Large 3473153.85/cwt150.00–158.007287
Steers—Medium and Large 2526153.89/cwt150.00–156.0080910
Steers—Medium and Large 2582144.74/cwt141.00–145.0084227
Steers—Medium and Large 3593134.35/cwt130.00–138.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 2625141.00/cwt140.00–143.008813
Steers—Medium and Large 2720139.76/cwt139.00–140.001,0064
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325142.67/cwt140.00–147.004649
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376141.38/cwt138.00–145.005328
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377147.41/cwt146.00–153.0055610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425148.42/cwt144.00–153.0063119
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427138.78/cwt134.00–140.005935
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483133.99/cwt132.00–135.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2484140.91/cwt140.00–145.0068214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520149.57/cwt146.00–153.007782
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520133.35/cwt132.00–134.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525138.54/cwt135.00–142.0072713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582137.20/cwt135.00–140.007995
Heifers—Medium and Large 3590129.66/cwt128.00–131.007653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622144.68/cwt142.00–146.009003
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630132.29/cwt129.00–138.0083312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2688128.49/cwt127.00–130.008842
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1419182.13/cwt180.00–190.0076310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433161.52/cwt156.00–167.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472167.67/cwt167.00–168.007913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473157.51/cwt155.00–160.007452
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476144.63/cwt140.00–150.006888
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522146.98/cwt144.00–149.007675
Bulls—Medium and Large 3527140.38/cwt135.00–144.007405
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568136.47/cwt135.00–138.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573130.74/cwt125.00–134.007494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618135.51/cwt134.00–137.008372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723136.98/cwt136.00–138.009902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2740132.50/cwt130.00–135.009812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775120.00/cwt120.00–120.009302
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59894.10/cwt93.00–95.001,5042
Bulls——1,61398.98/cwt98.00–100.001,5972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05364.64/cwt62.00–67.0068114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07269.90/cwt68.00–72.0074910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13469.52/cwt67.00–71.007889
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19274.84/cwt73.00–77.0089215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28375.06/cwt74.00–76.009632
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,075.00/head1,000.00–1,150.001,0753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—825.00/head750.00–950.008258
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,283.33/head1,200.00–1,400.001,28330
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—937.50/head850.00–1,000.009388

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.