Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2022-09-26

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 26
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
▲ 87 vs last sale 323▲ 221 vs year ago 189 · +116.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 48▲ 72 vs year ago 24 · +300.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 5▲ 23 vs year ago 15 · +153.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 7.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.76/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$140.76
112 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.41
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581146.648525thin
Medium and Large 2497141.3170375
Medium and Large 3417138.5657732
One grade step is worth $8.07/cwt here — about $275 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 sale112 hd
140.76
—
AL average13 barns · 1,625 hd
142.17
−1.41
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—High1,60696.541,5504thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28375.069632thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17072.8585224
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06166.8370924

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)—$1,0753thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8258
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,28330
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$9388

Every lot, as filed

53 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 3—427138.78/cwt134.00–140.005935
HeifersMedium and Large 3—483133.99/cwt132.00–135.006474
SteersMedium and Large 3—379181.69/cwt177.00–185.006894
SteersMedium and Large 1—328214.36/cwt207.00–217.007037
HeifersMedium and Large 3—376141.38/cwt138.00–145.005328
SteersMedium and Large 1—375207.00/cwt207.00–207.007763
HeifersMedium and Large 2—688128.49/cwt127.00–130.008842
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582137.20/cwt135.00–140.007995
SteersMedium and Large 2—526153.89/cwt150.00–156.0080910
SteersMedium and Large 2—466169.03/cwt166.00–171.007884
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630132.29/cwt129.00–138.0083312
SteersMedium and Large 3—332181.04/cwt180.00–188.006018
SteersMedium and Large 3—473153.85/cwt150.00–158.007287
SteersMedium and Large 2—379191.92/cwt187.00–195.007275
SteersMedium and Large 3—593134.35/cwt130.00–138.007973
SteersMedium and Large 2—582144.74/cwt141.00–145.0084227
SteersMedium and Large 2—720139.76/cwt139.00–140.001,0064
SteersMedium and Large 2—411176.17/cwt169.00–179.007247
SteersMedium and Large 2—326201.23/cwt194.00–212.006565
SteersMedium and Large 2—625141.00/cwt140.00–143.008813
BullsMedium and Large 2—433161.52/cwt156.00–167.006993
BullsMedium and Large 1—472167.67/cwt167.00–168.007913
BullsMedium and Large 2—740132.50/cwt130.00–135.009812
BullsMedium and Large 2—568136.47/cwt135.00–138.007752
BullsMedium and Large 1—419182.13/cwt180.00–190.0076310
BullsMedium and Large 1—723136.98/cwt136.00–138.009902
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07269.90/cwt68.00–72.0074910
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05364.64/cwt62.00–67.0068114
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28375.06/cwt74.00–76.009632
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13469.52/cwt67.00–71.007889
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19274.84/cwt73.00–77.0089215
Bulls——1,61398.98/cwt98.00–100.001,5972
Bulls——1,59894.10/cwt93.00–95.001,5042
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,075.00/head1,000.00–1,150.001,0753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——825.00/head750.00–950.008258
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,283.33/head1,200.00–1,400.001,28330
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——937.50/head850.00–1,000.009388
BullsMedium and Large 3—527140.38/cwt135.00–144.007405
BullsMedium and Large 3—476144.63/cwt140.00–150.006888
BullsMedium and Large 3—573130.74/cwt125.00–134.007494
BullsMedium and Large 2—775120.00/cwt120.00–120.009302
BullsMedium and Large 2—618135.51/cwt134.00–137.008372
BullsMedium and Large 2—522146.98/cwt144.00–149.007675
HeifersMedium and Large 3—590129.66/cwt128.00–131.007653
BullsMedium and Large 2—473157.51/cwt155.00–160.007452
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520133.35/cwt132.00–134.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377147.41/cwt146.00–153.0055610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622144.68/cwt142.00–146.009003
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520149.57/cwt146.00–153.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425148.42/cwt144.00–153.0063119
HeifersMedium and Large 2—484140.91/cwt140.00–145.0068214
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325142.67/cwt140.00–147.004649
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525138.54/cwt135.00–142.0072713

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.