Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-04-04

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 4
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
115 vs last sale 191 133 vs year ago 209 · 63.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
56 vs last sale 74 5 vs year ago 13 · +38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
5 vs last sale 7 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.48/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$172.48
15 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.17
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2443172.7876613thin
Medium and Large 3365170.506222thin
One grade step is worth $2.28/cwt here — about $143 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 sale15 hd
172.48
AL average13 barns · 627 hd
163.31
+9.17
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
BullsAverage1,820104.621,9044thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28878.181,0072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12374.038314thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91370.586443thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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 3423152.98/cwt150.00–159.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 1423160.50/cwt160.00–161.006792
SteersMedium and Large 2379178.84/cwt176.00–185.006786
SteersMedium and Large 2418175.56/cwt172.00–179.007342
SteersMedium and Large 3365170.50/cwt170.00–171.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 3325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004552
HeifersMedium and Large 3375139.00/cwt139.00–139.005212
SteersMedium and Large 2475174.00/cwt174.00–174.008272
SteersMedium and Large 2567157.99/cwt156.00–160.008963
Bred CowsSmall 1-2562.50/cwt550.00–575.002
Bulls1,820104.62/cwt103.00–106.001,9044
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12374.03/cwt72.00–77.008314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28878.18/cwt77.00–79.001,0072
CowsLean 85-90%91370.58/cwt69.00–72.006443

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.