Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-06-03

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 3
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
262 head
▲ 262 vs last sale 0▼ 61 vs year ago 323 · −18.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 88 · +11.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.90/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −113.63 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$251.90
19 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.34
vs AL average
−21.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525270.001,4182thin
Medium and Large 2556255.101,41710thin
Medium and Large 3543242.161,3157thin
One grade step is worth $27.84/cwt here — about $103 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 sale19 hd
251.90
—
AL average13 barns · 392 hd
253.25
−1.34
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
−21.13
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−113.63
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—High1,544156.102,4096thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,353141.921,92120
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,170139.351,63025
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,006127.061,27814

Every lot

46 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270415.19/cwt405.00–425.001,1212
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273391.71/cwt385.00–395.001,0693
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323347.60/cwt345.00–350.001,1232
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325330.56/cwt325.00–335.001,0749
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2562
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375320.63/cwt315.00–325.001,2028
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423310.98/cwt310.00–312.001,3152
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3574273.01/cwt267.00–275.001,5674
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6394
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3623263.34/cwt260.00–265.001,6413
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6882
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275331.23/cwt325.00–335.009114
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321311.32/cwt305.00–315.009994
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329325.93/cwt320.00–330.001,0725
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375315.00/cwt310.00–320.001,1813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375300.20/cwt295.00–305.001,1262
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3393279.97/cwt275.00–285.001,1002
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415268.31/cwt260.00–275.001,1133
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425294.17/cwt290.00–295.001,2506
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475275.00/cwt270.00–280.001,3068
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3476257.50/cwt255.00–265.001,2266
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4182
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525258.75/cwt255.00–260.001,3584
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525247.50/cwt245.00–250.001,2994
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3567235.04/cwt230.00–240.001,3333
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576252.67/cwt250.00–257.001,4556
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623221.66/cwt220.00–225.001,3813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425306.19/cwt300.00–310.001,3014
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3433292.51/cwt290.00–295.001,2672
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474296.31/cwt290.00–302.001,4059
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475278.33/cwt275.00–285.001,3226
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515284.90/cwt280.00–290.001,4672
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528271.62/cwt265.00–275.001,4343
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5943
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3632248.30/cwt245.00–250.001,5693
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,537160.16/cwt157.00–163.002,4623
Bulls——1,550152.03/cwt149.00–155.002,3563
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%986129.15/cwt128.00–131.001,2735
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,011122.88/cwt120.00–125.001,2427
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035136.48/cwt134.00–139.001,4132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148141.32/cwt139.00–146.001,62212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184133.53/cwt130.00–135.001,58110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210150.83/cwt149.00–154.001,8253
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,306137.59/cwt134.00–140.001,7978
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385144.80/cwt142.00–149.002,00512

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.