Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-05-06

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 6
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
▲ 146 vs last sale 247▲ 393 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 58▲ 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 0▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $276.05/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −118.01 against this barn's trailing median of $394.06.
Average price
$276.05
38 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,498
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.58
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2542277.961,50632
Medium and Large 3547265.831,4536thin
One grade step is worth $12.13/cwt here — about $53 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 sale38 hd
276.05
—
AL average13 barns · 294 hd
273.47
+2.58
This barn, trailing median28 sales
394.06
−118.01
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

28 sales
459411364317median 394.0603/0204/2707/1308/3111/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.83, low $330.65, median $394.06 across 28 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—High1,427141.292,0154thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,305118.431,5459thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,141114.701,30915
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,050103.681,08931

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)—$1,4923thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,76316

Every lot

38 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325334.38/cwt330.00–340.001,0878
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335350.15/cwt345.00–355.001,1732
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3376311.67/cwt310.00–320.001,1729
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0402
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325285.71/cwt280.00–295.009297
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3327273.32/cwt270.00–275.008943
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0132
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376279.74/cwt275.00–287.001,05211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423251.23/cwt250.00–255.001,0634
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424265.27/cwt260.00–275.001,12514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460237.47/cwt235.00–240.001,0922
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475249.29/cwt245.00–255.001,1847
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3522228.29/cwt225.00–235.001,1923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525244.90/cwt240.00–250.001,2864
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2622228.35/cwt225.00–230.001,4203
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425300.29/cwt295.00–305.001,27617
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425283.00/cwt280.00–285.001,2035
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470291.63/cwt290.00–295.001,3713
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520281.53/cwt280.00–290.001,46419
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525267.50/cwt260.00–275.001,4044
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574272.75/cwt267.00–280.001,56613
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3590262.50/cwt260.00–265.001,5492
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620241.01/cwt240.00–242.001,4942
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5632
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663237.53/cwt235.00–240.001,5752
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670224.27/cwt222.00–225.001,5034
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,130132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,4922
Bulls——1,723150.57/cwt150.00–151.002,5942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,048118.97/cwt117.00–121.001,2476
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,049102.20/cwt99.00–105.001,07225
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055109.85/cwt107.00–113.001,1596
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203111.86/cwt109.00–114.001,3469
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,301121.10/cwt119.00–125.001,5765
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,309115.09/cwt113.00–117.001,5074
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,012.50/head1,875.00–2,200.002,0138
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,512.50/head1,375.00–1,600.001,5138
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,491.67/head1,375.00–1,600.001,4923

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.