Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-03-21

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
116 vs last sale 293 37 vs year ago 140 · +26.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
48 vs last sale 13 31 vs year ago 30 · +103.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
11 vs last sale 15 18 vs year ago 8 · +225.0%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.62/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$145.62
44 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.81
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2414152.2763020
Medium and Large 3415140.0858224
One grade step is worth $12.20/cwt here — about $48 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 sale44 hd
145.62
AL average14 barns · 1,149 hd
144.81
+0.81
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
BullsLow1,460111.661,6315thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30089.621,1655thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16185.2599029
CowsLean 85-90%Low89771.456418thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 2572149.66/cwt145.00–155.008567
BullsMedium and Large 2478164.38/cwt160.00–170.007866
BullsMedium and Large 3471154.56/cwt151.00–159.007285
BullsMedium and Large 2424174.94/cwt172.00–178.007424
BullsMedium and Large 2529157.77/cwt154.00–163.008354
BullsMedium and Large 3423166.00/cwt160.00–170.007026
HeifersMedium and Large 3523132.55/cwt129.00–136.006932
SteersMedium and Large 2790124.00/cwt124.00–124.009805
SteersMedium and Large 2585159.00/cwt159.00–159.009308
HeifersMedium and Large 3420140.52/cwt138.00–142.005904
SteersMedium and Large 3325177.00/cwt175.00–179.005754
SteersMedium and Large 3370173.66/cwt170.00–176.006435
HeifersMedium and Large 3473135.72/cwt133.00–139.006427
HeifersMedium and Large 3327144.97/cwt141.00–150.004745
HeifersMedium and Large 3383143.30/cwt138.00–146.005496
HeifersMedium and Large 2528143.76/cwt140.00–150.007594
HeifersMedium and Large 2371150.48/cwt150.00–152.005584
BullsMedium and Large 2728125.99/cwt124.00–128.009172
BullsMedium and Large 2622138.68/cwt136.00–140.008633
HeifersMedium and Large 2328159.09/cwt153.00–162.005227
HeifersMedium and Large 2476150.98/cwt143.00–153.007195
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2856.25/cwt800.00–900.008
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,075.00/cwt975.00–1,175.008
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2937.50/cwt850.00–1,000.008
Bred CowsSmall 1-2631.25/cwt575.00–750.004
Bulls1,240102.52/cwt102.00–103.001,2712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16990.41/cwt90.00–91.001,0575
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17778.14/cwt75.00–80.009206
CowsLean 85-90%83866.46/cwt65.00–69.005573
Bulls1,607117.76/cwt115.00–120.001,8923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15486.19/cwt84.00–89.0099518
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30089.62/cwt87.00–91.001,1655
CowsLean 85-90%93274.44/cwt72.00–77.006945

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.