Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-01-03

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 3
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
207 head
27 vs last sale 180 118 vs year ago 89 · +132.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
6 vs last sale 30 7 vs year ago 17 · +41.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.34/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$135.34
50 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.90
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2450136.0761238
Medium and Large 3358133.0047712thin
One grade step is worth $3.07/cwt here — about $136 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 sale50 hd
135.34
AL average5 barns · 274 hd
138.24
−2.90
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10059.446547thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98955.2554610

Every lot, as filed

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1525151.96/cwt151.00–153.007982
BullsMedium and Large 1410179.62/cwt176.00–182.007363
BullsMedium and Large 2468151.95/cwt150.00–154.007112
BullsMedium and Large 2575135.00/cwt135.00–135.007762
BullsMedium and Large 2518143.38/cwt140.00–145.007433
BullsMedium and Large 1467167.24/cwt161.00–171.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 2515128.09/cwt126.00–130.006608
SteersMedium and Large 1422183.53/cwt179.00–187.007743
SteersMedium and Large 2327180.20/cwt180.00–181.005895
SteersMedium and Large 3323169.61/cwt168.00–170.005485
HeifersMedium and Large 3388130.97/cwt126.00–136.005082
HeifersMedium and Large 2375145.11/cwt142.00–146.005449
HeifersMedium and Large 3458119.52/cwt116.00–123.005472
SteersMedium and Large 2430174.48/cwt173.00–175.007504
SteersMedium and Large 1485170.04/cwt168.00–172.008252
SteersMedium and Large 3378162.01/cwt160.00–165.006126
SteersMedium and Large 2375175.29/cwt170.00–180.0065717
HeifersMedium and Large 2426140.09/cwt136.00–144.0059711
HeifersMedium and Large 2483130.51/cwt130.00–131.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 2725108.02/cwt107.00–109.007832
HeifersMedium and Large 3326136.88/cwt130.00–140.004468
HeifersMedium and Large 2595120.50/cwt120.00–121.007172
HeifersMedium and Large 2329145.27/cwt144.00–147.004784
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2775.00/cwt750.00–800.004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2837.50/cwt825.00–850.004
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09462.02/cwt61.00–63.006784
CowsLean 85-90%1,00757.84/cwt56.00–59.005825
CowsLean 85-90%97152.65/cwt50.00–54.005115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10756.01/cwt55.00–57.006203

How this sale compares

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.