Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-09-12

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 12
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
514 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 502▲ 304 vs year ago 210 · +144.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 75▼ 3 vs year ago 45 · −6.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 9▼ 13 vs year ago 19 · −68.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.80/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$164.80
159 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.80
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460184.498492thin
Medium and Large 3422167.5470748
Medium and Large 2546163.23891109
One grade step is worth $21.26/cwt here — about −$42 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 sale159 hd
164.80
—
AL average15 barns · 1,797 hd
171.60
−6.80
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—High2,125104.002,2102thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,35875.501,0252thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11475.2283810
CowsLean 85-90%Low99770.7770611

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7632thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—627137.27/cwt133.00–141.008617
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478139.45/cwt138.00–141.006672
SteersMedium and Large 2—516171.60/cwt166.00–174.008858
SteersMedium and Large 2—370193.24/cwt190.00–200.007153
SteersMedium and Large 2—563154.46/cwt150.00–156.0087030
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379156.96/cwt153.00–160.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425143.77/cwt141.00–145.0061113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479153.32/cwt151.00–154.007346
SteersMedium and Large 2—718142.02/cwt140.00–144.001,0202
SteersMedium and Large 3—366173.45/cwt170.00–180.0063524
SteersMedium and Large 2—425186.33/cwt186.00–187.007926
SteersMedium and Large 3—626142.17/cwt140.00–145.008906
SteersMedium and Large 3—413164.61/cwt160.00–170.006803
SteersMedium and Large 3—573147.97/cwt147.00–149.008482
SteersMedium and Large 3—325185.14/cwt180.00–190.006027
SteersMedium and Large 2—320202.38/cwt200.00–210.006484
BullsMedium and Large 3—465147.47/cwt145.00–150.006862
BullsMedium and Large 2—427176.78/cwt171.00–181.007559
BullsMedium and Large 1—625147.01/cwt146.00–148.009192
BullsMedium and Large 2—486162.77/cwt158.00–168.007914
BullsMedium and Large 1—476176.08/cwt172.00–182.008386
BullsMedium and Large 1—423185.80/cwt185.00–187.007865
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378147.32/cwt143.00–151.0055713
SteersMedium and Large 3—475160.00/cwt160.00–160.007602
SteersMedium and Large 2—675148.50/cwt148.00–149.001,0024
SteersMedium and Large 3—525155.10/cwt150.00–160.008144
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675131.00/cwt131.00–131.008842
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538142.99/cwt140.00–150.0076924
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477147.77/cwt144.00–151.0070525
SteersMedium and Large 2—467178.71/cwt174.00–182.0083520
SteersMedium and Large 2—626150.81/cwt148.00–152.0094432
SteersMedium and Large 1—460184.49/cwt184.00–185.008492
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625142.00/cwt142.00–142.008883
HeifersMedium and Large 2—586141.37/cwt138.00–145.0082814
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426150.73/cwt148.00–155.0064218
BullsMedium and Large 2—530158.30/cwt155.00–160.008393
BullsMedium and Large 2—565148.60/cwt144.00–152.008403
BullsMedium and Large 3—430161.95/cwt158.00–166.006962
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——762.50/head750.00–775.007632
Bulls——2,125104.00/cwt104.00–104.002,2102
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09178.08/cwt76.00–80.008525
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13672.36/cwt70.00–75.008225
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35875.50/cwt75.00–76.001,0252
CowsLean 85-90%—89666.89/cwt65.00–69.005994
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05572.99/cwt72.00–75.007707

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.