Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-10-17

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 17
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 180▲ 27 vs year ago 210 · +12.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 46▼ 1 vs year ago 28 · −3.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 6▼ 24 vs year ago 41 · −58.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.71/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −77.43 against this barn's trailing median of $210.14.
Average price
$132.71
52 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.04
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476141.3267225
Medium and Large 3512124.7363927
One grade step is worth $16.59/cwt here — about $34 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 sale52 hd
132.71
—
AL average15 barns · 1,123 hd
132.75
−0.04
This barn, trailing median4 sales
210.14
−77.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
245224203181median 210.1404/2005/0407/2008/0308/03
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $230.57, low $195.48, median $210.14 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,73490.811,5745thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25159.327429thin

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)—$8965
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7373thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3375149.00/cwt146.00–155.005596
Steers—Medium and Large 2486149.66/cwt145.00–153.0072712
Steers—Medium and Large 1575148.00/cwt148.00–148.008513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380138.50/cwt137.00–140.005262
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421126.19/cwt124.00–128.005316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475122.33/cwt119.00–125.005819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525136.00/cwt136.00–136.007143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533125.72/cwt123.00–128.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 3538116.97/cwt115.00–119.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565116.02/cwt114.00–118.006562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572133.38/cwt131.00–134.0076313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620128.51/cwt128.00–129.007972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768120.33/cwt120.00–121.009243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427148.74/cwt146.00–153.0063515
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432142.57/cwt140.00–145.006165
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465147.67/cwt143.00–151.006876
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477133.10/cwt130.00–137.0063510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520125.00/cwt125.00–125.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528117.72/cwt115.00–119.006227
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006332
Bulls—Medium and Large 368293.30/cwt90.00–95.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 272597.00/cwt97.00–97.007033
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51087.98/cwt87.00–89.001,3282
Bulls——1,88392.69/cwt92.00–93.001,7453
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21160.37/cwt59.00–63.007315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30058.00/cwt58.00–58.007544
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—896.00/head840.00–1,040.008965
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—736.67/head690.00–820.007373

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.