Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-09-11

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 11
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
389 head
389 vs last sale 0 125 vs year ago 514 · 24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
126 vs last sale 0 84 vs year ago 42 · +200.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
29 vs last sale 0 23 vs year ago 6 · +383.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.84/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$220.84
53 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,027
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.14
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1365251.039162thin
Medium and Large 2471222.861,04938
Medium and Large 3464210.2897513thin
One grade step is worth $40.75/cwt here — about −$59 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 sale53 hd
220.84
AL average12 barns · 1,770 hd
221.98
−1.14
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
BullsLow1,379120.581,6638thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,135104.001,18022
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36599.621,3603thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96796.4993342

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)$1,2044thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8583thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 3428218.46/cwt217.00–220.009352
HeifersMedium and Large 2323244.13/cwt240.00–250.007897
HeifersMedium and Large 3320228.86/cwt225.00–235.007323
SteersMedium and Large 1320292.38/cwt290.00–300.009364
SteersMedium and Large 2668222.33/cwt220.00–225.001,4853
HeifersMedium and Large 2680194.66/cwt192.00–197.001,3243
HeifersMedium and Large 2473220.39/cwt215.00–225.001,0425
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36599.62/cwt98.00–101.001,3603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20196.23/cwt95.00–99.001,1566
CowsBoner 80-85%1,169111.68/cwt109.00–114.001,3065
CowsBoner 80-85%1,083104.74/cwt102.00–107.001,13411
CowsLean 85-90%98291.82/cwt90.00–94.0090216
Bulls1,162115.17/cwt113.00–117.001,3383
BullsMedium and Large 2432251.13/cwt245.00–255.001,0856
BullsMedium and Large 3425237.50/cwt235.00–240.001,0094
BullsMedium and Large 3576201.28/cwt195.00–205.001,1594
BullsMedium and Large 2471241.51/cwt237.00–245.001,1386
BullsMedium and Large 3525215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1292
BullsMedium and Large 2680184.24/cwt180.00–190.001,2534
SteersMedium and Large 2377270.83/cwt265.00–275.001,0216
SteersMedium and Large 3383244.90/cwt240.00–250.009382
SteersMedium and Large 2626228.75/cwt225.00–233.001,4324
SteersMedium and Large 1473275.02/cwt270.00–280.001,3013
SteersMedium and Large 2470255.05/cwt250.00–260.001,1994
SteersMedium and Large 3330257.27/cwt250.00–265.008492
SteersMedium and Large 3579217.45/cwt210.00–220.001,2594
HeifersMedium and Large 2570207.52/cwt205.00–210.001,1832
Bulls1,670128.52/cwt128.00–129.002,1462
CowsLean 85-90%94897.78/cwt95.00–100.0092720
CowsLean 85-90%988104.65/cwt102.00–107.001,0346
Bulls1,403120.69/cwt120.00–121.001,6933
Bred CowsSmall 1-2858.33/head850.00–875.008583
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,203.75/head1,140.00–1,275.001,2044
HeifersMedium and Large 2615200.63/cwt197.00–205.001,2343
HeifersMedium and Large 1365251.03/cwt250.00–252.009162
HeifersMedium and Large 2422229.62/cwt227.00–235.009693
HeifersMedium and Large 2523215.76/cwt212.00–222.001,1289
BullsMedium and Large 3468222.35/cwt220.00–225.001,0413
BullsMedium and Large 3625185.00/cwt180.00–190.001,1564
HeifersMedium and Large 3575200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1504
HeifersMedium and Large 3478202.54/cwt200.00–210.009684
SteersMedium and Large 2328274.80/cwt270.00–280.009016
HeifersMedium and Large 2378237.69/cwt232.00–242.008986

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.