Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-04-10

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 10
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
181 vs last sale 320 165 vs year ago 304 · 54.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
3 vs last sale 32 21 vs year ago 50 · 42.0%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $195.88/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$195.88
32 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$905
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.52
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2446199.3388916thin
Medium and Large 1543197.841,0757thin
Medium and Large 3427188.218039thin
One grade step is worth $11.13/cwt here — about $86 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 sale32 hd
195.88
AL average14 barns · 1,234 hd
198.40
−2.52
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,469103.461,5208thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,222103.421,2643thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 3525189.90/cwt185.00–195.009972
BullsMedium and Large 2423228.35/cwt225.00–230.009663
HeifersMedium and Large 3425186.53/cwt181.00–190.007933
SteersMedium and Large 3327235.00/cwt230.00–240.007685
HeifersMedium and Large 1568196.30/cwt195.00–199.001,1153
HeifersMedium and Large 1525199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0454
HeifersMedium and Large 3523173.12/cwt168.00–178.009052
SteersMedium and Large 2373240.98/cwt240.00–242.008992
SteersMedium and Large 3368227.59/cwt225.00–230.008382
HeifersMedium and Large 2320217.29/cwt213.00–222.006952
HeifersMedium and Large 2470195.43/cwt190.00–199.009199
HeifersMedium and Large 2372209.30/cwt207.00–213.007793
SteersMedium and Large 2334247.86/cwt245.00–252.008285
HeifersMedium and Large 2575184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0582
HeifersMedium and Large 3380197.01/cwt190.00–200.007494
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37596.56/cwt96.00–97.001,3282
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,518104.11/cwt103.00–105.001,5804
CowsBoner 80-85%1,222103.42/cwt101.00–105.001,2643
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,465109.08/cwt108.00–110.001,5982

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.