Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-01-22

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 22
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 242▲ 56 vs year ago 186 · +30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 45▲ 23 vs year ago 25 · +92.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 9 · +244.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $246.57/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$246.57
72 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,083
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.16
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409264.001,07913thin
Medium and Large 2447244.031,09051
Medium and Large 3442234.431,0378thin
One grade step is worth $29.58/cwt here — about $43 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 sale72 hd
246.57
—
AL average10 barns · 647 hd
228.41
+18.16
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,238114.131,4132thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,180101.311,19610
CowsLean 85-90%Low96489.3286113

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)—$1,0698
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,22510

Every lot

36 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 1325342.50/cwt340.00–345.001,1134
Steers—Medium and Large 2325325.00/cwt320.00–330.001,0564
Steers—Medium and Large 3325300.00/cwt300.00–300.009753
Steers—Medium and Large 1375315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,18112
Steers—Medium and Large 2376303.72/cwt300.00–310.001,1424
Steers—Medium and Large 3382283.28/cwt280.00–285.001,0823
Steers—Medium and Large 1423312.46/cwt310.00–315.001,3222
Steers—Medium and Large 2427295.06/cwt290.00–300.001,2603
Steers—Medium and Large 2482270.69/cwt270.00–272.001,3053
Steers—Medium and Large 2517260.70/cwt255.00–265.001,3483
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325262.99/cwt260.00–270.0085510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330273.55/cwt270.00–277.009032
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378259.55/cwt255.00–265.009817
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378246.77/cwt242.00–252.009332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385268.46/cwt267.00–270.001,0342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424249.96/cwt247.00–257.001,0607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425262.29/cwt260.00–265.001,1157
Heifers—Medium and Large 3434239.24/cwt235.00–242.001,0384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455256.00/cwt252.00–260.001,1652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475240.42/cwt235.00–245.001,14212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523212.46/cwt210.00–215.001,1112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525229.33/cwt225.00–232.001,20412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2638203.96/cwt200.00–210.001,3013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425300.00/cwt295.00–305.001,2757
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485240.96/cwt237.00–245.001,1692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524242.85/cwt240.00–250.001,2737
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530230.05/cwt225.00–235.001,2192
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575222.33/cwt220.00–227.001,2783
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93092.53/cwt90.00–95.008616
Cows—Lean 85-90%99386.57/cwt85.00–89.008607
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17397.84/cwt96.00–100.001,1484
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185103.63/cwt102.00–107.001,2286
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,238114.13/cwt112.00–116.001,4132
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,512.50/head1,425.00–1,600.001,5134
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,033.33/head1,000.00–1,075.001,0336
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,068.75/head1,000.00–1,175.001,0698

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.