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New Brockton Stockyards

Name: New Brockton Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 15

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

246 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 292▼ 78 vs year ago 324 · −24.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 52▼ 26 vs year ago 58 · −44.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.47/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −128.07 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$237.47

19 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$2.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.33

vs AL average

−27.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	237.76	1,314	17thin
Medium and Large 3	525	235.00	1,234	2thin

One grade step is worth $2.76/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale19 hd

237.47

—

AL average14 barns · 342 hd

241.79

−4.33

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−27.05

This barn, trailing median30 sales

365.54

−128.07

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,669	147.41	2,461	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	117.88	1,198	12

Every lot

31 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	322	343.56/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,106	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	365.00/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,186	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	329.29/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,235	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	290.85/cwt	290.00–295.00	939	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	329	276.98/cwt	270.00–280.00	911	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	275.17/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,032	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	383	264.34/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,012	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	268.44/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,122	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	253.75/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,078	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	243.38/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,139	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	248.43/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,175	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	243.55/cwt	237.00–250.00	1,269	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	233.70/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,344	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	226.71/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,419	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	212.48/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,339	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,532	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	218.83/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,481	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	312.00/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,326	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	293.75/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,248	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	476	264.52/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,259	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	238.33/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,251	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	233.39/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,354	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	213.47/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,462	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	205.92/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,503	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	768	194.48/cwt	192.00–197.00	1,494	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,059	2
Bulls	—	—	1,630	147.35/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,402	4
Bulls	—	—	1,818	155.75/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,832	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	954	115.51/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,102	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	120.24/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,296	6

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL

Mon Apr 15, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 292Year ago 324

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 52Year ago 58

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,818	153.00–159.00	155.75
2	—	1,525	135.00	135.00
4	—	1,630	145.00–150.00	147.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,078	119.00–121.00	120.24
6	—	954	113.00–118.00	115.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	675	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	270.00–280.00	276.98
4	350–400	383	260.00–270.00	264.34
8	400–450	425	250.00–260.00	253.75
3	450–500	468	240.00–245.00	243.38
2	500–550	525	235.00	235.00
2	600–650	630	210.00–215.00	212.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	290.00–295.00	290.85
6	350–400	375	272.00–282.00	275.17
4	400–450	418	265.00–275.00	268.44
6	450–500	473	245.00–255.00	248.43
7	500–550	521	237.00–250.00	243.55
10	550–600	575	230.00–237.00	233.70
7	600–650	626	225.00–227.00	226.71
8	650–700	677	212.00–225.00	218.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	322	340.00–350.00	343.56
7	350–400	375	325.00–335.00	329.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	360.00–375.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	425	290.00–300.00	293.75
4	450–500	476	262.00–272.00	264.52
6	500–550	525	235.00–245.00	238.33
3	550–600	580	230.00–240.00	233.39
2	650–700	685	210.00–217.00	213.47
2	700–750	730	202.00–210.00	205.92
2	750–800	768	192.00–197.00	194.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	310.00–315.00	312.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.