Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-09-25

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 25
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
511 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 518▲ 101 vs year ago 410 · +24.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 100▲ 9 vs year ago 96 · +9.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 17▲ 13 vs year ago 38 · +34.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.09/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$216.09
128 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,081
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.53
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490233.921,14528
Medium and Large 2515213.151,09872
Medium and Large 3473205.8497428
One grade step is worth $28.08/cwt here — about $171 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 sale128 hd
216.09
—
AL average16 barns · 2,285 hd
218.62
−2.53
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—High1,593116.151,8509thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49398.541,4712thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19394.741,13026
CowsLean 85-90%Average95385.7381729

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)—$1,02313
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0634thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325289.69/cwt285.00–295.009412
Steers—Medium and Large 2325272.50/cwt270.00–275.008864
Steers—Medium and Large 2375265.00/cwt260.00–270.009946
Steers—Medium and Large 3382251.55/cwt245.00–255.009613
Steers—Medium and Large 1418273.39/cwt270.00–275.001,1433
Steers—Medium and Large 2430257.59/cwt255.00–265.001,1084
Steers—Medium and Large 2468253.38/cwt250.00–255.001,1863
Steers—Medium and Large 1469263.99/cwt260.00–265.001,23810
Steers—Medium and Large 3474227.48/cwt225.00–235.001,0784
Steers—Medium and Large 2526241.42/cwt237.00–247.001,2704
Steers—Medium and Large 3563212.49/cwt210.00–215.001,1962
Steers—Medium and Large 2577233.18/cwt230.00–237.001,3455
Steers—Medium and Large 2624229.95/cwt225.00–232.001,43517
Steers—Medium and Large 2688213.27/cwt210.00–220.001,4673
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318220.64/cwt220.00–222.007023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323231.26/cwt230.00–235.007477
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374227.50/cwt222.00–232.0085110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375244.50/cwt242.00–247.009174
Heifers—Medium and Large 3377218.98/cwt215.00–220.008265
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422214.70/cwt210.00–217.009063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423242.49/cwt240.00–245.001,0262
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429226.17/cwt220.00–230.009709
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471237.18/cwt230.00–239.001,11710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475221.60/cwt215.00–225.001,05310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475205.71/cwt200.00–210.009777
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518196.62/cwt195.00–200.001,0183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524217.67/cwt212.00–222.001,14112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525226.20/cwt225.00–227.001,1885
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573195.71/cwt190.00–200.001,1214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575226.29/cwt222.00–228.001,3017
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640196.61/cwt189.00–200.001,25815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675192.50/cwt190.00–195.001,2994
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2775174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,3495
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423228.77/cwt225.00–230.009684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428260.00/cwt255.00–265.001,1135
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430247.98/cwt245.00–250.001,0664
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478243.38/cwt240.00–245.001,1635
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521206.46/cwt202.00–212.001,0764
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528223.71/cwt217.00–227.001,1818
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570211.96/cwt207.00–217.001,2083
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573195.07/cwt190.00–200.001,1182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,504113.60/cwt110.00–115.001,7096
Bulls——1,770121.24/cwt120.00–122.002,1463
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92081.94/cwt80.00–85.0075416
Cows—Lean 85-90%94397.73/cwt95.00–99.009223
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00988.18/cwt87.00–90.0089010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14396.22/cwt94.00–99.001,10012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22190.95/cwt89.00–93.001,11011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,287102.74/cwt102.00–104.001,3223
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49398.54/cwt98.00–99.001,4712
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,062.50/head1,025.00–1,100.001,0634
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,129.17/head1,045.00–1,215.001,1296
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—932.86/head855.00–1,010.009337

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.