Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-12-12

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Dec 12
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
416 head
▲ 216 vs last sale 200▲ 236 vs year ago 180 · +131.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 29▲ 46 vs year ago 30 · +153.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 9▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.80/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$155.80
98 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.40
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1411171.8970711thin
Medium and Large 2447157.8270564
Medium and Large 3442142.4763023
One grade step is worth $29.41/cwt here — about $77 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 sale98 hd
155.80
—
AL average14 barns · 1,803 hd
151.39
+4.40
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—Average1,17884.539962thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23570.098664thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98659.1858325

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7132thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$6414thin

Every lot

37 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 3323180.19/cwt175.00–185.005822
Steers—Medium and Large 2326205.23/cwt200.00–210.0066913
Steers—Medium and Large 1370207.32/cwt207.00–208.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 3380173.59/cwt170.00–177.006602
Steers—Medium and Large 2382198.17/cwt193.00–201.0075715
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323156.23/cwt150.00–160.0050510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327174.32/cwt171.00–180.0057010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375168.85/cwt165.00–173.0063312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377176.92/cwt174.00–179.006673
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420143.25/cwt140.00–150.006023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424170.00/cwt169.00–171.007218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429163.10/cwt157.00–167.007007
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474153.87/cwt150.00–159.0072922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529146.43/cwt141.00–151.007755
Heifers—Medium and Large 3529132.41/cwt128.00–136.007005
Heifers—Medium and Large 3563128.65/cwt127.00–131.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576136.01/cwt133.00–141.007835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622130.66/cwt130.00–132.008133
Heifers—Medium and Large 3673118.43/cwt115.00–122.007972
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423186.90/cwt180.00–191.0079110
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423170.06/cwt165.00–175.007194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424197.78/cwt194.00–200.008399
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475177.50/cwt171.00–181.008438
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525167.00/cwt165.00–168.008776
Bulls—Medium and Large 3532147.61/cwt143.00–150.007853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578148.50/cwt145.00–150.008584
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590130.50/cwt130.00–131.007702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2613144.65/cwt141.00–149.008873
Bulls—Medium and Large 3633123.92/cwt120.00–128.007842
Bulls—Medium and Large 3695117.00/cwt116.00–118.008132
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,17884.53/cwt83.00–86.009962
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97856.94/cwt54.00–59.0055714
Cows—Lean 85-90%99662.03/cwt60.00–64.0061811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12072.18/cwt70.00–74.008082
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35068.00/cwt68.00–68.009182
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—712.50/head675.00–750.007132
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—641.25/head590.00–700.006414

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.