Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-08-14

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 14
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
471 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 416▲ 124 vs year ago 347 · +35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 78▲ 13 vs year ago 66 · +19.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 6▲ 0 vs year ago 17 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.38/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$223.38
140 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,119
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.51
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476226.281,07681
Medium and Large 1585223.221,30635
Medium and Large 3464213.7999124
One grade step is worth $12.49/cwt here — about $85 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 sale140 hd
223.38
—
AL average14 barns · 1,758 hd
223.88
−0.51
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—High1,618127.072,0569thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,375106.001,4582thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17299.361,16527
CowsLean 85-90%Low99693.6593316

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)—$1,1175

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325328.00/cwt325.00–330.001,0665
Steers—Medium and Large 2325320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0402
Steers—Medium and Large 1368294.98/cwt290.00–300.001,0863
Steers—Medium and Large 2380282.43/cwt275.00–285.001,0736
Steers—Medium and Large 1426275.40/cwt275.00–277.001,1735
Steers—Medium and Large 2433267.72/cwt262.00–272.001,1595
Steers—Medium and Large 1477259.99/cwt256.00–262.001,24010
Steers—Medium and Large 2479248.55/cwt242.00–252.001,1914
Steers—Medium and Large 1525250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3132
Steers—Medium and Large 2528242.00/cwt237.00–247.001,2784
Steers—Medium and Large 2573236.13/cwt230.00–240.001,35316
Steers—Medium and Large 3583217.29/cwt215.00–220.001,2673
Steers—Medium and Large 3628213.32/cwt210.00–215.001,3403
Steers—Medium and Large 1630236.49/cwt235.00–237.001,4904
Steers—Medium and Large 2638230.30/cwt230.00–232.001,46913
Steers—Medium and Large 2658222.50/cwt222.00–223.001,4642
Steers—Medium and Large 1680230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5649
Steers—Medium and Large 1720219.99/cwt219.00–221.001,5842
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325243.57/cwt240.00–245.007927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375245.00/cwt245.00–245.009192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377234.73/cwt232.00–240.008857
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378226.13/cwt220.00–230.008557
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418217.46/cwt215.00–220.009092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419241.73/cwt240.00–245.001,0134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423235.35/cwt230.00–240.009969
Heifers—Medium and Large 3477211.02/cwt210.00–215.001,0075
Heifers—Medium and Large 2481225.85/cwt220.00–230.001,08633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525220.41/cwt217.00–227.001,15717
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526205.81/cwt201.00–211.001,08310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563223.80/cwt221.00–225.001,2606
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570214.62/cwt212.00–220.001,2233
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618206.30/cwt205.00–209.001,2753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625217.54/cwt216.00–219.001,36013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655218.50/cwt214.00–219.001,43110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0073
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430246.81/cwt245.00–252.001,0614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475238.33/cwt235.00–240.001,1323
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523223.49/cwt223.00–225.001,1694
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578216.43/cwt216.00–220.001,2519
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3503
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,502124.27/cwt120.00–128.001,8676
Bulls——1,850132.66/cwt129.00–138.002,4543
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97096.97/cwt95.00–99.009417
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01691.07/cwt90.00–93.009259
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15895.32/cwt93.00–98.001,10413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163108.43/cwt108.00–109.001,2612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189102.22/cwt100.00–105.001,21512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375106.00/cwt105.00–107.001,4582
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,162.50/head1,120.00–1,205.001,1632
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,086.67/head1,070.00–1,105.001,0873

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.