Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-05-13

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, May 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
▼ 215 vs last sale 393▼ 42 vs year ago 220 · −19.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 99▼ 27 vs year ago 67 · −40.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 18▲ 9 vs year ago 6 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.23/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −126.31 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$239.23
4 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,334
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.05
vs AL average
−30.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2585239.911,4032thin
Medium and Large 3530238.541,2642thin
One grade step is worth $1.37/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale4 hd
239.23
—
AL average13 barns · 352 hd
250.28
−11.05
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−30.78
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−126.31
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—Average1,322135.631,79310
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,119120.441,34812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,390118.491,6472thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average970111.651,0837thin

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)—$1,4653thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1982thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327352.05/cwt350.00–360.001,1515
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3328326.73/cwt325.00–335.001,0726
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363332.52/cwt330.00–335.001,2072
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375320.83/cwt315.00–325.001,2036
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424313.80/cwt310.00–320.001,3315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473307.73/cwt305.00–312.001,4564
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473297.33/cwt295.00–300.001,4063
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513305.65/cwt300.00–310.001,5683
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275312.00/cwt312.00–312.008582
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326295.20/cwt290.00–300.0096210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375290.53/cwt285.00–295.001,0897
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375276.67/cwt275.00–280.001,0386
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423269.33/cwt265.00–275.001,1399
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423253.31/cwt250.00–260.001,0723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473261.38/cwt260.00–265.001,2365
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3481249.98/cwt245.00–255.001,2025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530238.54/cwt237.00–240.001,2642
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585239.91/cwt235.00–245.001,4032
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2334
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428300.26/cwt295.00–305.001,2857
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469289.23/cwt285.00–292.001,3564
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478274.97/cwt270.00–280.001,3146
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,257131.55/cwt130.00–135.001,6546
Bulls——1,419141.76/cwt139.00–144.002,0124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940113.85/cwt112.00–116.001,0705
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045106.15/cwt105.00–107.001,1092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,088127.41/cwt126.00–129.001,3862
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,105113.43/cwt111.00–116.001,2533
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,134121.46/cwt119.00–125.001,3777
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390118.49/cwt118.00–119.001,6472
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,465.00/head1,350.00–1,525.001,4653
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,197.50/head1,105.00–1,290.001,1982

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.