Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-01-17

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 17
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 169▼ 99 vs year ago 196 · −50.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 30▲ 18 vs year ago 15 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.66/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$141.66
32 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.34
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2412142.0058517thin
Medium and Large 1528141.5974712thin
Medium and Large 3325140.004553thin
One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $130 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 sale32 hd
141.66
—
AL average13 barns · 1,739 hd
143.01
−1.34
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—High1,60396.041,5394thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31080.921,0602thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11974.298317thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01857.325849thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1—525165.00/cwt165.00–165.008666
BullsMedium and Large 2—437163.27/cwt157.00–167.007133
BullsMedium and Large 2—545155.00/cwt155.00–155.008456
BullsMedium and Large 3—518134.00/cwt134.00–134.006946
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468145.68/cwt145.00–147.006826
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605137.00/cwt137.00–137.008293
SteersMedium and Large 1—390190.00/cwt190.00–190.007412
SteersMedium and Large 1—510174.00/cwt174.00–174.008875
SteersMedium and Large 2—475169.00/cwt169.00–169.008032
SteersMedium and Large 2—320184.05/cwt183.00–185.005892
SteersMedium and Large 3—318164.88/cwt160.00–170.005242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570138.00/cwt138.00–138.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315150.98/cwt150.00–152.004762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475137.33/cwt137.00–138.006523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373146.77/cwt140.00–150.005474
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432139.13/cwt139.00–140.006018
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004553
Bulls——1,900102.60/cwt100.00–105.001,9492
Bulls——1,30589.47/cwt86.00–92.001,1682
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10070.00/cwt70.00–70.007703
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13377.50/cwt76.00–79.008784
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31080.92/cwt80.00–82.001,0602
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01760.09/cwt58.00–63.006115
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02053.85/cwt51.00–55.005494

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.