Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-01-09

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 9
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
401 head
▲ 261 vs last sale 140▲ 232 vs year ago 169 · +137.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 34▲ 2 vs year ago 30 · +6.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 10▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.80/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$157.80
127 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.34
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2445161.9472065
Medium and Large 1574157.9390734
Medium and Large 3444148.0365728
One grade step is worth $13.91/cwt here — about $63 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 sale127 hd
157.80
—
AL average15 barns · 1,594 hd
154.46
+3.34
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—Average1,49396.891,4476thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15379.439169thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99765.926573thin

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)—$9882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$7254thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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—583135.89/cwt131.00–141.007922
HeifersMedium and Large 3—538142.96/cwt140.00–146.007692
SteersMedium and Large 3—485175.51/cwt175.00–176.008512
SteersMedium and Large 1—465196.72/cwt195.00–199.0091510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665152.24/cwt150.00–155.001,0124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470167.48/cwt167.00–169.007874
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474161.22/cwt156.00–166.0076418
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524153.80/cwt150.00–157.0080610
SteersMedium and Large 2—420197.28/cwt190.00–199.0082912
SteersMedium and Large 2—521175.91/cwt175.00–176.0091611
SteersMedium and Large 2—324206.89/cwt200.00–210.006709
SteersMedium and Large 2—376197.00/cwt192.00–200.007417
SteersMedium and Large 2—475184.99/cwt180.00–189.008796
SteersMedium and Large 3—375180.29/cwt177.00–184.006767
SteersMedium and Large 1—327217.01/cwt215.00–225.007109
SteersMedium and Large 1—378205.02/cwt204.00–207.007753
SteersMedium and Large 1—668169.00/cwt168.00–170.001,1292
SteersMedium and Large 1—586177.76/cwt177.00–179.001,04221
BullsMedium and Large 2—524170.96/cwt169.00–176.008964
BullsMedium and Large 2—568156.42/cwt153.00–160.008882
BullsMedium and Large 2—473181.08/cwt178.00–188.0085711
BullsMedium and Large 2—628153.38/cwt150.00–156.009635
BullsMedium and Large 2—426190.35/cwt185.00–195.008115
BullsMedium and Large 1—425198.00/cwt198.00–198.008422
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426163.54/cwt160.00–167.0069711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373168.70/cwt163.00–170.0062913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—322172.67/cwt167.00–175.005569
HeifersMedium and Large 2—628138.94/cwt136.00–142.008732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—388173.01/cwt172.00–174.006712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—424149.57/cwt145.00–153.006345
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320156.77/cwt154.00–161.005023
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475144.45/cwt140.00–150.0068611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375156.00/cwt150.00–160.005855
HeifersMedium and Large 2—720131.02/cwt128.00–134.009432
BullsMedium and Large 3—427179.58/cwt177.00–181.007675
BullsMedium and Large 3—470170.65/cwt170.00–172.008023
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775134.90/cwt130.00–140.001,0452
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572155.63/cwt154.00–157.008903
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520164.33/cwt159.00–165.008559
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627152.89/cwt152.00–156.0095910
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——725.00/head700.00–750.007254
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——987.50/head950.00–1,025.009882
Bulls——1,640100.33/cwt99.00–103.001,6454
Bulls——1,20090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0802
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17379.61/cwt78.00–82.009345
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13884.88/cwt84.00–86.009662
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12073.54/cwt73.00–74.008242
CowsLean 85-90%—99765.92/cwt65.00–68.006573

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.