Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-07-24

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 24
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 322▲ 184 vs year ago 203 · +90.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 54▲ 54 vs year ago 22 · +245.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 16▼ 2 vs year ago 16 · −12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold sharply higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.42/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$218.42
87 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,047
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.34
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1418240.981,0072thin
Medium and Large 2495222.031,10049
Medium and Large 3461212.2697836
One grade step is worth $28.72/cwt here — about $29 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 sale87 hd
218.42
—
AL average14 barns · 1,468 hd
220.76
−2.34
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—Average1,548122.601,8988thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,431103.001,4745thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16499.001,15310
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00294.3694627

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$6882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$7256

Every lot, as filed

47 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—468241.21/cwt237.00–245.001,1293
BullsMedium and Large 2—621206.23/cwt205.00–210.001,2814
BullsMedium and Large 2—523228.41/cwt225.00–230.001,1955
BullsMedium and Large 1—415262.56/cwt260.00–265.001,0902
BullsMedium and Large 2—423249.54/cwt245.00–255.001,0569
BullsMedium and Large 3—475227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0782
SteersMedium and Large 2—475251.00/cwt250.00–255.001,1925
SteersMedium and Large 3—526229.92/cwt225.00–235.001,2094
SteersMedium and Large 3—477235.97/cwt230.00–240.001,1265
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574216.62/cwt212.00–222.001,2438
SteersMedium and Large 2—523244.31/cwt244.00–247.001,27810
SteersMedium and Large 2—420259.85/cwt255.00–265.001,0916
SteersMedium and Large 2—578232.29/cwt230.00–237.001,3434
SteersMedium and Large 1—624235.50/cwt235.00–237.001,4704
SteersMedium and Large 2—673220.98/cwt220.00–222.001,4872
HeifersMedium and Large 3—628198.98/cwt195.00–201.001,2503
SteersMedium and Large 2—375270.45/cwt265.00–275.001,01411
SteersMedium and Large 3—378242.06/cwt240.00–250.009155
SteersMedium and Large 3—570222.43/cwt220.00–225.001,2682
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418240.98/cwt240.00–242.001,0072
HeifersMedium and Large 2—668204.33/cwt202.00–207.001,3653
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1503
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475222.70/cwt217.00–227.001,05810
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1832
CowsLean 85-90%—93090.85/cwt88.00–93.0084511
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05296.77/cwt95.00–99.001,01816
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,431103.00/cwt100.00–106.001,4745
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,144100.00/cwt98.00–103.001,1448
Bulls——1,524122.19/cwt119.00–126.001,8624
Bulls——1,275115.52/cwt115.00–116.001,4732
Bulls——1,870130.48/cwt128.00–133.002,4402
Bred CowsSmall 1-2——687.50/head675.00–700.006882
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2——725.00/head600.00–800.007256
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521220.81/cwt217.00–225.001,1505
HeifersMedium and Large 3—479209.17/cwt206.00–210.001,0025
BullsMedium and Large 3—425235.00/cwt235.00–235.009993
HeifersMedium and Large 3—379220.81/cwt217.00–225.008375
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385230.97/cwt230.00–232.008892
BullsMedium and Large 3—575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2083
HeifersMedium and Large 3—326223.74/cwt220.00–225.007294
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625207.52/cwt206.00–210.001,2974
HeifersMedium and Large 3—424216.95/cwt210.00–230.0092010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325237.35/cwt235.00–240.007712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427229.06/cwt225.00–235.0097815
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525205.00/cwt200.00–210.001,0766
SteersMedium and Large 1—370283.48/cwt282.00–285.001,0492
SteersMedium and Large 1—415272.47/cwt270.00–275.001,1312

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.