Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-06-10

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 10
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 262▼ 88 vs year ago 339 · −26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 98▼ 58 vs year ago 113 · −51.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 22 · +13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady with slaughter bulls selling up to 1.74. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.51/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −112.03 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$253.51
14 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.03
vs AL average
−11.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2550261.671,4399thin
Medium and Large 3547238.811,3075thin
One grade step is worth $22.87/cwt here — about $132 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 sale14 hd
253.51
—
AL average13 barns · 300 hd
249.48
+4.03
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−11.86
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−112.03
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,362141.071,9227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,239135.301,67616
CowsLean 85-90%Average944125.241,1839thin

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)—$1,8755
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,6752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,37912
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,8254thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322341.63/cwt340.00–345.001,1003
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0734
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368331.61/cwt330.00–335.001,2203
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375322.86/cwt320.00–325.001,2117
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4252
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575262.43/cwt260.00–265.001,5092
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728237.46/cwt235.00–240.001,7292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274333.72/cwt330.00–340.009144
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1308324.03/cwt320.00–327.009983
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323297.31/cwt295.00–302.009603
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375276.67/cwt270.00–280.001,0383
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378296.78/cwt292.00–300.001,1225
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424276.98/cwt272.00–287.001,17411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2542
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425263.33/cwt260.00–270.001,1196
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475269.33/cwt265.00–280.001,2799
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521266.78/cwt262.00–270.001,3904
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3532244.01/cwt240.00–247.001,2983
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570231.00/cwt230.00–232.001,3172
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573257.59/cwt257.00–260.001,4765
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3633222.34/cwt220.00–225.001,4073
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423302.71/cwt300.00–310.001,2808
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3429286.74/cwt285.00–290.001,2304
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460287.50/cwt285.00–290.001,3232
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3474271.70/cwt265.00–275.001,2887
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525255.33/cwt250.00–262.001,3409
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3579249.84/cwt245.00–255.001,4475
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613249.53/cwt247.00–252.001,5302
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3633233.54/cwt230.00–237.001,4782
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670243.51/cwt242.00–245.001,6322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%943122.52/cwt120.00–126.001,1556
Cows—Lean 85-90%947130.68/cwt129.00–133.001,2383
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181139.54/cwt137.00–141.001,6486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273132.76/cwt130.00–135.001,69010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,308145.18/cwt144.00–147.001,8994
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435135.59/cwt134.00–138.001,9463
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,525.00/head2,425.00–2,625.002,5256
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,233.33/head2,000.00–2,450.002,2336
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,825.00/head1,800.00–1,850.001,8254
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,875.00/head1,775.00–2,000.001,8755
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,675.00/head1,650.00–1,700.001,6752

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.