Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-12-18

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Dec 18
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
279 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 327▲ 279 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 63▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 9 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 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.90/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$219.90
83 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$51.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.97
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1365251.8192019thin
Medium and Large 2466217.011,01239
Medium and Large 3493200.1498825
One grade step is worth $51.67/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale83 hd
219.90
—
AL average13 barns · 1,242 hd
209.92
+9.97
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—High1,581111.531,7638thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33592.991,2412thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21290.661,09920
CowsLean 85-90%Low99282.448189thin

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)—$8632thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8444thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2329277.43/cwt272.00–282.009139
Steers—Medium and Large 2375267.25/cwt262.00–272.001,0028
Steers—Medium and Large 3379250.00/cwt250.00–250.0094812
Steers—Medium and Large 2422258.90/cwt252.00–260.001,0937
Steers—Medium and Large 2476250.55/cwt245.00–255.001,1934
Steers—Medium and Large 2537238.97/cwt235.00–245.001,2833
Steers—Medium and Large 3613212.53/cwt210.00–215.001,3032
Steers—Medium and Large 3675205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3842
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321262.88/cwt257.00–265.008446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2321245.00/cwt240.00–250.007865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363232.98/cwt230.00–237.008463
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372218.27/cwt215.00–225.008123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376249.19/cwt245.00–250.0093710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418238.39/cwt235.00–240.009963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425224.29/cwt220.00–230.009537
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425210.00/cwt210.00–210.008935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472215.68/cwt212.00–222.001,0187
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485205.34/cwt200.00–210.009965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525206.82/cwt202.00–212.001,08611
Heifers—Medium and Large 3529194.38/cwt190.00–200.001,0285
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573197.47/cwt195.00–205.001,1326
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575185.71/cwt180.00–190.001,0687
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428246.13/cwt242.00–250.001,0536
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475235.00/cwt230.00–240.001,1166
Bulls—Medium and Large 3481223.74/cwt215.00–225.001,0768
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518201.01/cwt200.00–202.001,0412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530223.70/cwt222.00–227.001,1863
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,298102.78/cwt100.00–105.001,3344
Bulls——1,863120.28/cwt118.00–123.002,2414
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97385.26/cwt84.00–86.008304
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00780.19/cwt77.00–82.008085
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11086.56/cwt85.00–88.009616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23891.82/cwt90.00–93.001,13712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33592.99/cwt92.00–94.001,2412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3062
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—962.50/head950.00–975.009632
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—862.50/head825.00–900.008632
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—725.00/head700.00–750.007252

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.