Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-10-10

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 304▲ 11 vs year ago 169 · +6.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 38▲ 13 vs year ago 33 · +39.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 10 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.36/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$138.36
76 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$669
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567141.0579920
Medium and Large 2455139.8163639
Medium and Large 3451131.8859517thin
One grade step is worth $9.17/cwt here — about $204 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 sale76 hd
138.36
—
AL average16 barns · 1,488 hd
136.88
+1.48
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—High1,52893.861,4346thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35069.079322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14066.3375611
CowsLean 85-90%Average99860.2060115

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
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$5573thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325192.62/cwt190.00–195.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 1365198.49/cwt198.00–199.007242
Steers—Medium and Large 3385170.00/cwt168.00–172.006552
Steers—Medium and Large 2428168.01/cwt167.00–169.007192
Steers—Medium and Large 3435162.71/cwt160.00–165.007084
Steers—Medium and Large 2536150.80/cwt148.00–158.008087
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331154.28/cwt149.00–157.005116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374144.75/cwt144.00–145.005414
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376136.01/cwt134.00–141.005115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420141.35/cwt139.00–146.005945
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438133.64/cwt130.00–136.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 3469129.83/cwt126.00–131.006095
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475136.42/cwt134.00–140.0064812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529134.90/cwt133.00–139.007149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532146.03/cwt145.00–148.007773
Heifers—Medium and Large 3534127.96/cwt124.00–130.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566140.53/cwt139.00–142.0079515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570130.01/cwt129.00–131.007413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625137.49/cwt136.00–139.008592
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430144.21/cwt140.00–150.006203
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476140.99/cwt135.00–145.006718
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525134.00/cwt133.00–135.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565127.21/cwt125.00–131.007194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40392.27/cwt90.00–95.001,2954
Bulls——1,77897.05/cwt96.00–98.001,7262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96356.87/cwt55.00–60.005488
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03764.01/cwt62.00–65.006647
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13368.76/cwt68.00–69.007794
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14464.94/cwt64.00–66.007437
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35069.07/cwt68.00–70.009322
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2—556.67/head550.00–570.005573

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.