Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-01-23

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 23
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
193 vs last sale 379 77 vs year ago 109 · +70.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
68 vs last sale 93 14 vs year ago 39 · 35.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
1 vs last sale 8 9 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 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.73/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$154.73
44 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486162.187895thin
Medium and Large 2398160.9764123
Medium and Large 3417143.4359816thin
One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $191 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
154.73
AL average13 barns · 1,254 hd
154.43
+0.30
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
BullsAverage1,54294.981,4653thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16083.319663thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87562.535472thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$7302thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$7384thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1415196.65/cwt195.00–198.008163
BullsMedium and Large 2475182.78/cwt176.00–190.008682
BullsMedium and Large 3530152.45/cwt150.00–155.008082
BullsMedium and Large 2428182.71/cwt180.00–188.007823
BullsMedium and Large 3488164.97/cwt163.00–167.008052
BullsMedium and Large 2625159.00/cwt159.00–159.009942
SteersMedium and Large 2518182.97/cwt181.00–185.009482
HeifersMedium and Large 2479152.76/cwt150.00–157.007324
HeifersMedium and Large 3525130.99/cwt130.00–132.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 3374149.72/cwt146.00–154.005607
SteersMedium and Large 2323203.30/cwt199.00–207.006576
SteersMedium and Large 3360183.45/cwt180.00–187.006602
SteersMedium and Large 3332185.40/cwt180.00–190.006165
HeifersMedium and Large 3425137.99/cwt137.00–139.005862
HeifersMedium and Large 2373166.04/cwt162.00–167.006196
HeifersMedium and Large 2525150.67/cwt148.00–152.007913
HeifersMedium and Large 1425168.44/cwt166.00–171.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1527158.01/cwt157.00–159.008333
HeifersMedium and Large 2413156.49/cwt156.00–157.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 3342153.65/cwt150.00–156.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 3563123.99/cwt122.00–126.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 2325166.25/cwt164.00–168.005408
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2737.50/head675.00–800.007384
Bred CowsSmall 1-2730.00/head710.00–750.007302
Bulls1,54294.98/cwt94.00–96.001,4653
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16083.31/cwt83.00–84.009663
CowsLean 85-90%87562.53/cwt62.00–63.005472

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.