Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-11-14

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 14
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 214▼ 121 vs year ago 266 · −45.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 35▲ 16 vs year ago 29 · +55.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.93/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$140.93
42 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.74
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2481146.5470521
Medium and Large 1714137.4298112thin
Medium and Large 3439132.535829thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $123 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 sale42 hd
140.93
—
AL average12 barns · 1,454 hd
141.67
−0.74
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—Low1,59582.061,3092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11568.377629thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99363.0262614

Every lot

27 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2333190.58/cwt187.00–194.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 1338201.09/cwt197.00–205.006802
Steers—Medium and Large 2369181.52/cwt179.00–185.006704
Steers—Medium and Large 3370164.86/cwt160.00–170.006102
Steers—Medium and Large 2533167.49/cwt167.00–168.008932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333161.51/cwt160.00–163.005382
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360156.96/cwt154.00–160.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421135.30/cwt131.00–141.005706
Heifers—Medium and Large 2443149.50/cwt149.00–150.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475127.00/cwt126.00–129.006033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483147.97/cwt145.00–150.007154
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521141.81/cwt140.00–148.007398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540149.50/cwt149.00–150.008072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577138.33/cwt137.00–139.007983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added765135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0336
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470140.51/cwt140.00–141.006602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475159.00/cwt159.00–159.007554
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570123.93/cwt120.00–128.007062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575151.00/cwt151.00–151.008682
Bulls—Medium and Large 3633117.02/cwt114.00–118.007416
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,59582.06/cwt80.00–84.001,3092
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95869.52/cwt69.00–70.006662
Cows—Lean 85-90%97859.30/cwt56.00–60.005807
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02865.63/cwt64.00–66.006755
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11071.41/cwt70.00–73.007935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12164.56/cwt62.00–66.007244

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.