Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-03-11

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 11
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
308 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 380▲ 112 vs year ago 196 · +57.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 62▼ 40 vs year ago 69 · −58.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 23▲ 13 vs year ago 15 · +86.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.95/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −125.59 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$239.95
21 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,297
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.57
vs AL average
−36.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532258.291,3743thin
Medium and Large 2546241.711,31911thin
Medium and Large 3536229.321,2307thin
One grade step is worth $28.97/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
239.95
—
AL average14 barns · 292 hd
250.52
−10.57
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−36.22
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−125.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
438391343295median 365.5403/0204/2707/1308/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.38, low $309.44, median $365.54 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,728145.162,5083thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,519125.621,90811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,160120.471,3972thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average989108.061,0695thin

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)—$1,2507
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,48812

Every lot

44 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325341.67/cwt335.00–345.001,1106
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328395.08/cwt390.00–400.001,2965
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330353.43/cwt350.00–360.001,1663
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371351.21/cwt350.00–355.001,3034
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373321.19/cwt315.00–325.001,1986
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375331.25/cwt330.00–335.001,2424
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4242
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430301.71/cwt300.00–305.001,2973
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473317.51/cwt315.00–320.001,5022
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,5532
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528304.98/cwt300.00–310.001,6102
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620267.48/cwt265.00–270.001,6582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333287.56/cwt285.00–290.009582
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338272.48/cwt270.00–275.009212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375291.67/cwt290.00–295.001,0943
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375280.50/cwt275.00–285.001,05210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420281.63/cwt280.00–285.001,1833
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420246.63/cwt245.00–250.001,0363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421269.99/cwt265.00–275.001,1374
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475237.50/cwt235.00–240.001,1284
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478257.39/cwt250.00–260.001,2307
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483267.54/cwt265.00–270.001,2922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3521231.05/cwt225.00–235.001,2045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524246.43/cwt240.00–250.001,2917
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532258.29/cwt255.00–260.001,3743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2942
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584233.44/cwt227.00–240.001,3634
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625236.80/cwt236.00–237.001,4805
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3503
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681224.73/cwt220.00–227.001,5304
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425320.00/cwt315.00–325.001,3607
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3467279.91/cwt275.00–285.001,3073
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474309.49/cwt305.00–315.001,4676
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525300.00/cwt295.00–305.001,5756
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,728145.16/cwt143.00–148.002,5083
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%989108.06/cwt106.00–112.001,0695
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160120.47/cwt120.00–121.001,3972
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486124.28/cwt123.00–125.001,8476
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498117.75/cwt115.00–120.001,7642
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600133.54/cwt130.00–135.002,1373
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,550.00/head1,475.00–1,625.001,5504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,456.25/head1,350.00–1,550.001,4568
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,433.33/head1,400.00–1,475.001,4333
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,112.50/head1,025.00–1,200.001,1134

This sale against other markets

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.