Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-01-02

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 2
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 276 vs last sale 416▼ 67 vs year ago 207 · −32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 76▲ 10 vs year ago 24 · +41.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 13▲ 2 vs year ago 8 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.62/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$160.62
40 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.19
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2435160.8169927
Medium and Large 1503160.2380613thin
One grade step is worth $0.58/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale40 hd
160.62
—
AL average5 barns · 377 hd
151.43
+9.19
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—Average1,50687.371,3166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16966.337759thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97462.916128thin

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)—$6252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0586

Every lot

26 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3323191.01/cwt190.00–192.006172
Steers—Medium and Large 2325200.50/cwt200.00–201.006522
Steers—Medium and Large 2383192.22/cwt191.00–197.007368
Steers—Medium and Large 3393174.97/cwt170.00–180.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 2465186.51/cwt186.00–187.008672
Steers—Medium and Large 1510180.53/cwt180.00–184.009218
Steers—Medium and Large 1573178.61/cwt177.00–179.001,0235
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328168.00/cwt168.00–168.005516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378164.12/cwt160.00–167.006209
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425162.96/cwt162.00–164.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430166.32/cwt165.00–167.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478160.74/cwt159.00–162.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525158.40/cwt158.00–160.0083210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545152.50/cwt150.00–155.008312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630145.74/cwt145.00–146.009184
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426182.80/cwt180.00–189.007795
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475180.34/cwt179.00–182.008573
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575154.00/cwt154.00–154.008863
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1832
Bulls——1,52990.55/cwt87.00–92.001,3854
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93359.24/cwt58.00–60.005533
Cows—Lean 85-90%99865.11/cwt63.00–68.006505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08871.02/cwt70.00–72.007734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23362.57/cwt62.00–64.007715
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,058.33/head950.00–1,150.001,0586
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—625.00/head600.00–650.006252

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.