Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-01-08

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 8
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
324 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 279▼ 77 vs year ago 401 · −19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 62▲ 52 vs year ago 32 · +162.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 9▲ 6 vs year ago 11 · +54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.25/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$223.25
58 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$2
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.26
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2437228.2899742
Medium and Large 3474210.0599516thin
One grade step is worth $18.23/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 sale58 hd
223.25
—
AL average5 barns · 392 hd
220.99
+2.26
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—Average1,707116.911,99511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38798.061,3603thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16394.291,09722
CowsLean 85-90%Average94685.4280815

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)—$8673thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,10010

Every lot

41 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320297.62/cwt295.00–300.009522
Steers—Medium and Large 2325293.43/cwt292.00–295.009542
Steers—Medium and Large 2376274.47/cwt270.00–280.001,0326
Steers—Medium and Large 2435265.58/cwt260.00–270.001,1553
Steers—Medium and Large 1475266.02/cwt265.00–267.001,2642
Steers—Medium and Large 3493242.49/cwt240.00–245.001,1952
Steers—Medium and Large 3528231.27/cwt225.00–235.001,2214
Steers—Medium and Large 2532246.71/cwt245.00–250.001,3123
Steers—Medium and Large 2583242.45/cwt240.00–245.001,4132
Steers—Medium and Large 3583225.98/cwt225.00–227.001,3172
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325239.75/cwt235.00–245.007798
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325230.00/cwt230.00–230.007484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376236.22/cwt230.00–240.008889
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425230.88/cwt225.00–235.009818
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425216.00/cwt215.00–217.009184
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475227.75/cwt222.00–232.001,0828
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521219.35/cwt215.00–225.001,1435
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527205.32/cwt200.00–210.001,0823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3577196.99/cwt195.00–198.001,1373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2613196.98/cwt195.00–199.001,2072
Heifers—Medium and Large 3633184.90/cwt180.00–190.001,1702
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2772
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410258.48/cwt257.00–260.001,0602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427250.91/cwt245.00–255.001,07110
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473229.31/cwt225.00–232.001,0854
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476245.43/cwt240.00–250.001,1685
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521234.75/cwt230.00–240.001,2238
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523223.66/cwt222.00–227.001,1703
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573220.49/cwt220.00–222.001,2634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623203.49/cwt203.00–204.001,2682
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,545111.56/cwt110.00–115.001,7244
Bulls——1,799119.96/cwt118.00–121.002,1587
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92783.21/cwt81.00–86.0077110
Cows—Lean 85-90%98389.84/cwt88.00–93.008835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12186.25/cwt84.00–89.009675
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16495.42/cwt93.00–98.001,11114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228102.45/cwt99.00–104.001,2583
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38798.06/cwt96.00–101.001,3603
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,100.00/head1,000.00–1,225.001,10010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—866.67/head850.00–900.008673

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.