Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-01-09

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 9
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
401 head
▲ 261 vs last sale 140▲ 232 vs year ago 169 · +137.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 34▲ 2 vs year ago 30 · +6.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 10▲ 11 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 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.80/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$157.80
127 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.34
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2445161.9472065
Medium and Large 1574157.9390734
Medium and Large 3444148.0365728
One grade step is worth $13.91/cwt here — about $63 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 sale127 hd
157.80
—
AL average15 barns · 1,594 hd
154.46
+3.34
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—Average1,49396.891,4476thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15379.439169thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99765.926573thin

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)—$9882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7254thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2324206.89/cwt200.00–210.006709
Steers—Medium and Large 1327217.01/cwt215.00–225.007109
Steers—Medium and Large 3375180.29/cwt177.00–184.006767
Steers—Medium and Large 2376197.00/cwt192.00–200.007417
Steers—Medium and Large 1378205.02/cwt204.00–207.007753
Steers—Medium and Large 2420197.28/cwt190.00–199.0082912
Steers—Medium and Large 1465196.72/cwt195.00–199.0091510
Steers—Medium and Large 2475184.99/cwt180.00–189.008796
Steers—Medium and Large 3485175.51/cwt175.00–176.008512
Steers—Medium and Large 2521175.91/cwt175.00–176.0091611
Steers—Medium and Large 1586177.76/cwt177.00–179.001,04221
Steers—Medium and Large 1668169.00/cwt168.00–170.001,1292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320156.77/cwt154.00–161.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322172.67/cwt167.00–175.005569
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373168.70/cwt163.00–170.0062913
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375156.00/cwt150.00–160.005855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388173.01/cwt172.00–174.006712
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424149.57/cwt145.00–153.006345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426163.54/cwt160.00–167.0069711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470167.48/cwt167.00–169.007874
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474161.22/cwt156.00–166.0076418
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475144.45/cwt140.00–150.0068611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520164.33/cwt159.00–165.008559
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524153.80/cwt150.00–157.0080610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3538142.96/cwt140.00–146.007692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572155.63/cwt154.00–157.008903
Heifers—Medium and Large 3583135.89/cwt131.00–141.007922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627152.89/cwt152.00–156.0095910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628138.94/cwt136.00–142.008732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665152.24/cwt150.00–155.001,0124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2720131.02/cwt128.00–134.009432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775134.90/cwt130.00–140.001,0452
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425198.00/cwt198.00–198.008422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426190.35/cwt185.00–195.008115
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427179.58/cwt177.00–181.007675
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470170.65/cwt170.00–172.008023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473181.08/cwt178.00–188.0085711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524170.96/cwt169.00–176.008964
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568156.42/cwt153.00–160.008882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628153.38/cwt150.00–156.009635
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0802
Bulls——1,640100.33/cwt99.00–103.001,6454
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99765.92/cwt65.00–68.006573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12073.54/cwt73.00–74.008242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13884.88/cwt84.00–86.009662
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17379.61/cwt78.00–82.009345
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—725.00/head700.00–750.007254
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—987.50/head950.00–1,025.009882

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.