Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-02-13

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 13
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 206 vs last sale 300▼ 226 vs year ago 320 · −70.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 30▼ 54 vs year ago 80 · −67.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 3▼ 39 vs year ago 48 · −81.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.18/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$168.18
21 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.18
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440177.017786thin
Medium and Large 2458167.2876610thin
Medium and Large 3369159.405895thin
One grade step is worth $17.61/cwt here — about $190 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 sale21 hd
168.18
—
AL average14 barns · 1,564 hd
165.00
+3.18
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20493.951,1315thin
CowsLean 85-90%High95976.407337thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$5832thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3320196.78/cwt192.00–200.006304
Steers—Medium and Large 2335203.40/cwt200.00–207.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 1420212.96/cwt212.00–214.008942
Steers—Medium and Large 3432181.56/cwt175.00–185.007843
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3332165.00/cwt160.00–170.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2392175.68/cwt173.00–178.006893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423178.51/cwt177.00–179.007554
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425151.00/cwt151.00–151.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430171.83/cwt167.00–177.007392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473174.01/cwt172.00–176.008232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495164.50/cwt164.00–165.008142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518157.69/cwt156.00–159.008173
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410195.47/cwt193.00–198.008012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480184.84/cwt180.00–190.008872
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90276.33/cwt76.00–77.006883
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00083.39/cwt81.00–86.008342
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00369.52/cwt69.00–70.006972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13580.48/cwt80.00–81.009132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250102.93/cwt102.00–105.001,2873
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—582.50/head525.00–640.005832

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.