Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-02-05

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 5
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
401 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 341▲ 101 vs year ago 300 · +33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 64▲ 98 vs year ago 30 · +326.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 0▲ 41 vs year ago 3 · +1,366.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $252.12/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$252.12
88 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,097
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.73
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1399271.221,08127
Medium and Large 2449245.871,10353
Medium and Large 3467229.111,0708thin
One grade step is worth $42.12/cwt here — about $12 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 sale88 hd
252.12
—
AL average15 barns · 1,796 hd
242.39
+9.73
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—High1,502123.271,8518thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,420109.461,55518
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,134105.351,19427
CowsLean 85-90%High99995.5995538

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,2003thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,19813
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,57512
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,2888

Every lot

53 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 1325359.44/cwt355.00–365.001,1689
Steers—Medium and Large 2325341.00/cwt335.00–345.001,1085
Steers—Medium and Large 1367350.09/cwt345.00–355.001,2853
Steers—Medium and Large 2375324.23/cwt320.00–330.001,21613
Steers—Medium and Large 1424336.01/cwt330.00–340.001,4255
Steers—Medium and Large 2440310.00/cwt305.00–315.001,3642
Steers—Medium and Large 1471314.95/cwt310.00–320.001,4832
Steers—Medium and Large 2477298.30/cwt290.00–300.001,4236
Steers—Medium and Large 2575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4953
Steers—Medium and Large 3575240.13/cwt235.00–245.001,3812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327295.83/cwt290.00–300.009676
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327271.84/cwt265.00–275.008898
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375271.77/cwt270.00–275.001,0194
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375241.80/cwt237.00–247.009072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378258.28/cwt250.00–260.009766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425263.73/cwt260.00–270.001,12115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425243.75/cwt240.00–250.001,03612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463252.51/cwt250.00–255.001,1692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476244.58/cwt237.00–247.001,16415
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483229.73/cwt227.00–232.001,1103
Heifers—Medium and Large 3512220.02/cwt215.00–225.001,1273
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526232.28/cwt227.00–235.001,2227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573223.95/cwt220.00–227.001,2833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625207.48/cwt205.00–210.001,2972
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422295.64/cwt292.00–300.001,2483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3604
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427271.64/cwt265.00–275.001,1603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463292.98/cwt290.00–297.001,3563
Bulls—Medium and Large 3526248.99/cwt245.00–250.001,3105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530266.19/cwt260.00–270.001,4114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575245.00/cwt240.00–250.001,4094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625224.60/cwt222.00–227.001,40410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2681218.46/cwt212.00–222.001,4884
Bulls—Medium and Large 2716204.27/cwt200.00–207.001,4634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2773193.44/cwt190.00–197.001,4952
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,385106.19/cwt104.00–108.001,4712
Bulls——1,498132.01/cwt130.00–134.001,9783
Bulls——1,583125.93/cwt125.00–127.001,9933
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94390.92/cwt89.00–93.0085715
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02996.71/cwt95.00–100.0099517
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056104.11/cwt102.00–106.001,0996
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11499.06/cwt98.00–101.001,1048
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138104.92/cwt103.00–108.001,19412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,149113.29/cwt111.00–116.001,3027
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,370116.08/cwt115.00–117.001,5902
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425110.10/cwt107.00–112.001,56911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430105.40/cwt105.00–106.001,5075
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,387.50/head1,300.00–1,500.001,3884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,200.00/head1,100.00–1,250.001,2003
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,113.89/head1,025.00–1,225.001,1149
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,708.33/head1,625.00–1,850.001,7086
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,441.67/head1,400.00–1,500.001,4426
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,287.50/head1,225.00–1,350.001,2888

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.