Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-02-06

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 6
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 122 vs last sale 178▲ 151 vs year ago 149 · +101.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 13▼ 16 vs year ago 46 · −34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 7▲ 3 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 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.66/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$162.66
92 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.88
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529168.4389223
Medium and Large 2457165.3475544
Medium and Large 3445152.6468025
One grade step is worth $15.79/cwt here — about $212 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 sale92 hd
162.66
—
AL average14 barns · 1,240 hd
161.78
+0.88
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—Low1,02589.029122thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10485.009386thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97077.207496thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2434thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2324221.45/cwt212.00–225.007175
Steers—Medium and Large 3325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006503
Steers—Medium and Large 1373224.19/cwt220.00–225.008366
Steers—Medium and Large 2375211.00/cwt206.00–217.007916
Steers—Medium and Large 3378191.70/cwt187.00–196.007257
Steers—Medium and Large 1415209.44/cwt207.00–212.008692
Steers—Medium and Large 2430193.34/cwt193.00–194.008313
Steers—Medium and Large 2480191.03/cwt190.00–192.009172
Steers—Medium and Large 2523184.83/cwt180.00–190.009672
Steers—Medium and Large 2582182.98/cwt181.00–184.001,0653
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328176.26/cwt172.00–178.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375172.97/cwt169.00–178.006497
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383159.99/cwt156.00–165.006133
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417154.81/cwt150.00–159.006469
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425168.51/cwt165.00–175.0071611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466171.83/cwt170.00–172.0080112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469165.22/cwt160.00–169.007755
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473150.52/cwt143.00–153.0071211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515143.53/cwt140.00–147.007392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525159.08/cwt154.00–164.0083512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570163.49/cwt163.00–164.009322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added605165.00/cwt165.00–165.009989
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630148.54/cwt147.00–153.009364
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420174.46/cwt170.00–180.007334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428189.03/cwt185.00–194.008098
Bulls—Medium and Large 3469161.46/cwt160.00–165.007576
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473183.97/cwt181.00–191.008707
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528159.01/cwt158.00–161.008403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2536162.73/cwt161.00–170.0087212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574160.40/cwt158.00–162.009215
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578153.01/cwt150.00–155.008845
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,02589.02/cwt88.00–90.009122
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87069.50/cwt69.00–70.006052
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02081.05/cwt80.00–82.008274
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06580.52/cwt80.00–81.008582
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12387.24/cwt84.00–90.009804
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,242.50/head1,175.00–1,310.001,2434

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.