Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-01-15

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 15
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 324▼ 137 vs year ago 379 · −36.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 84▼ 48 vs year ago 93 · −51.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.18/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$247.18
91 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.49
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1397259.641,03144
Medium and Large 2420242.271,01836
Medium and Large 3511213.351,09011thin
One grade step is worth $46.30/cwt here — about −$59 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 sale91 hd
247.18
—
AL average13 barns · 1,457 hd
225.69
+21.49
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—Average1,823124.212,2645thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19797.031,16115
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00290.2790410

Every lot

37 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2328285.00/cwt280.00–290.009355
Steers—Medium and Large 3328272.37/cwt270.00–275.008932
Steers—Medium and Large 1378293.39/cwt290.00–295.001,1095
Steers—Medium and Large 2394282.59/cwt282.00–285.001,1135
Steers—Medium and Large 2425275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225300.00/cwt300.00–300.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275290.00/cwt285.00–295.007984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275270.36/cwt265.00–275.007432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325282.35/cwt280.00–285.009182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325262.50/cwt260.00–265.008534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375262.50/cwt260.00–270.0098414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376253.34/cwt247.00–257.009538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424254.23/cwt247.00–262.001,07812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425239.78/cwt235.00–242.001,0199
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425225.00/cwt225.00–225.009562
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460222.53/cwt220.00–225.001,0242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475242.17/cwt240.00–245.001,1506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479229.04/cwt225.00–235.001,0978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521230.22/cwt227.00–237.001,1994
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521222.82/cwt220.00–225.001,1615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523213.34/cwt210.00–215.001,1163
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570202.94/cwt200.00–210.001,1574
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424274.56/cwt270.00–280.001,1647
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435255.11/cwt250.00–260.001,1102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485236.48/cwt235.00–245.001,14711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523235.98/cwt232.00–240.001,2344
Bulls—Medium and Large 3532208.97/cwt207.00–210.001,1123
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576221.22/cwt217.00–225.001,2745
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630219.96/cwt215.00–225.001,3863
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,553117.93/cwt115.00–121.001,8312
Bulls——2,003128.40/cwt125.00–131.002,5723
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00082.94/cwt82.00–84.008292
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00292.10/cwt89.00–94.009238
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13591.04/cwt89.00–93.001,0335
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18298.30/cwt95.00–99.001,1625
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274101.74/cwt101.00–102.001,2965

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.