Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-08-07

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 7
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
416 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 353▲ 75 vs year ago 341 · +22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 92▲ 33 vs year ago 45 · +73.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 44▼ 45 vs year ago 51 · −88.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.22/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$221.22
131 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.12
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425240.001,0202thin
Medium and Large 2510222.621,134108
Medium and Large 3482212.241,02221
One grade step is worth $27.76/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale131 hd
221.22
—
AL average11 barns · 1,190 hd
221.11
+0.12
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—Low1,314116.961,5374thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,381103.331,4278thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,107101.201,12121
CowsLean 85-90%Low94994.0489223

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)—$8732thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2320290.16/cwt285.00–295.009292
Steers—Medium and Large 1325315.00/cwt310.00–320.001,0246
Steers—Medium and Large 1375299.29/cwt295.00–305.001,1227
Steers—Medium and Large 2382287.76/cwt280.00–290.001,0996
Steers—Medium and Large 3418243.51/cwt242.00–245.001,0182
Steers—Medium and Large 1425280.71/cwt275.00–285.001,1937
Steers—Medium and Large 2478246.84/cwt242.00–252.001,1806
Steers—Medium and Large 1482255.69/cwt255.00–257.001,2323
Steers—Medium and Large 2520237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2325
Steers—Medium and Large 3525227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1922
Steers—Medium and Large 1526248.75/cwt247.00–250.001,30820
Steers—Medium and Large 2582235.06/cwt228.00–236.001,36819
Steers—Medium and Large 2625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4062
Steers—Medium and Large 1675231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5592
Steers—Medium and Large 2681221.57/cwt217.00–225.001,5097
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327240.83/cwt235.00–245.007887
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330228.07/cwt225.00–232.007533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373234.48/cwt230.00–240.008756
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375223.04/cwt217.00–227.008363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426232.05/cwt227.00–237.0098916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475224.33/cwt220.00–230.001,06615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527207.61/cwt200.00–212.001,09413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532221.01/cwt216.00–225.001,17637
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573202.42/cwt200.00–205.001,1602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2586215.47/cwt212.00–217.001,26316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625211.98/cwt211.00–213.001,3252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2688204.69/cwt204.00–207.001,4087
Heifers—Medium and Large 2720195.51/cwt195.00–196.001,4082
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418278.87/cwt275.00–285.001,1663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438264.96/cwt260.00–270.001,1613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474240.36/cwt237.00–247.001,1398
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477255.67/cwt255.00–257.001,2203
Bulls—Medium and Large 3486228.47/cwt225.00–232.001,1104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2514233.02/cwt227.00–237.001,1989
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525221.04/cwt217.00–225.001,1602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577223.99/cwt222.00–225.001,2923
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580213.30/cwt210.00–215.001,2373
Bulls—Medium and Large 3618201.45/cwt197.00–206.001,2452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625213.91/cwt210.00–217.001,33711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2723195.01/cwt191.00–196.001,4105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4343
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,188113.00/cwt111.00–115.001,3422
Bulls——1,440120.92/cwt117.00–123.001,7412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91894.27/cwt92.00–97.008655
Cows—Lean 85-90%92989.13/cwt86.00–91.0082810
Cows—Lean 85-90%993100.04/cwt98.00–103.009938
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,089107.20/cwt106.00–109.001,1675
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10194.27/cwt93.00–97.001,0384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117101.01/cwt99.00–104.001,12812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,313105.23/cwt104.00–107.001,3826
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58597.62/cwt95.00–100.001,5472
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—872.50/head845.00–900.008732

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.