Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-02-20

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 20
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
231 head
▲ 137 vs last sale 94▼ 89 vs year ago 320 · −27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 26▼ 23 vs year ago 80 · −28.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 9▲ 28 vs year ago 48 · +58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.76/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$172.76
57 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.88
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1452179.1381016thin
Medium and Large 2443173.2576828
Medium and Large 3375163.8761413thin
One grade step is worth $15.26/cwt here — about $196 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 sale57 hd
172.76
—
AL average15 barns · 1,416 hd
170.88
+1.88
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—Average1,368102.241,3995thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22989.011,0936thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96978.4476019

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)—$1,06213
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$8753thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,19456

Every lot, as filed

37 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 2—473193.00/cwt190.00–196.009135
BullsMedium and Large 1—428214.01/cwt212.00–216.009162
BullsMedium and Large 3—426186.77/cwt182.00–190.007964
BullsMedium and Large 2—523185.48/cwt182.00–189.009702
BullsMedium and Large 2—433199.49/cwt194.00–204.008644
HeifersMedium and Large 2—635151.97/cwt150.00–154.009652
SteersMedium and Large 1—570192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0946
SteersMedium and Large 2—328223.72/cwt220.00–225.007344
SteersMedium and Large 1—428221.88/cwt219.00–225.009502
SteersMedium and Large 1—372231.40/cwt227.00–235.008613
SteersMedium and Large 2—528191.35/cwt190.00–194.001,0103
SteersMedium and Large 3—375190.00/cwt190.00–190.007133
SteersMedium and Large 2—373218.35/cwt215.00–220.008143
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435172.36/cwt169.00–178.007503
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517167.91/cwt164.00–170.0086810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320183.29/cwt180.00–185.005874
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376179.75/cwt174.00–184.006769
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490176.78/cwt175.00–177.008669
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375186.00/cwt186.00–186.006983
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325188.52/cwt187.00–190.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525170.00/cwt170.00–170.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378163.05/cwt160.00–169.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422160.24/cwt155.00–163.006765
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325168.00/cwt165.00–170.005465
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——975.00/head875.00–1,100.009756
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——875.00/head775.00–950.008753
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-2——1,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,308.33/head1,275.00–1,375.001,30818
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——1,120.56/head1,000.00–1,200.001,12136
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,135.71/head1,000.00–1,200.001,1367
Bulls——1,513108.13/cwt104.00–111.001,6362
CowsLean 85-90%—99880.37/cwt78.00–83.0080210
Bulls——1,27298.31/cwt97.00–99.001,2513
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07085.00/cwt85.00–85.009102
CowsLean 85-90%—89873.82/cwt72.00–76.006637
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22292.65/cwt90.00–94.001,1323
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23585.37/cwt85.00–86.001,0543

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.