Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-06-17

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 17
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 251▲ 392 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 55▲ 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 25▲ 7 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 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.68/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −113.86 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$251.68
28 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,362
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.16
vs AL average
−15.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2541256.481,38816thin
Medium and Large 3541245.281,32812thin
One grade step is worth $11.20/cwt here — about $60 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 sale28 hd
251.68
—
AL average12 barns · 326 hd
251.83
−0.16
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−15.54
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−113.86
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—High1,615160.652,5945thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,348142.741,92420
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,181137.761,62716
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,017128.161,30323

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,1923thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1214
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325328.75/cwt325.00–335.001,06812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375342.60/cwt340.00–345.001,2852
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375319.44/cwt315.00–325.001,1989
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425320.71/cwt315.00–325.001,3637
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433332.49/cwt330.00–335.001,4402
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473309.98/cwt305.00–315.001,4663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480289.72/cwt287.00–295.001,3913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521299.99/cwt295.00–305.001,5634
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525281.21/cwt277.00–287.001,4765
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3573271.16/cwt270.00–275.001,5546
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575277.43/cwt275.00–280.001,5952
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3623258.34/cwt255.00–260.001,6093
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625273.48/cwt272.00–275.001,7092
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324326.22/cwt320.00–335.001,0574
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327310.96/cwt305.00–315.001,0175
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368316.61/cwt310.00–325.001,1653
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376295.86/cwt290.00–305.001,1125
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378284.90/cwt280.00–290.001,0772
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424284.57/cwt280.00–295.001,20712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425269.00/cwt262.00–275.001,14313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475268.11/cwt265.00–272.001,2749
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3476259.45/cwt252.00–262.001,23513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522260.45/cwt257.00–270.001,36010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523250.77/cwt247.00–255.001,3128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573249.86/cwt245.00–255.001,4326
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578234.29/cwt230.00–240.001,3544
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3629223.01/cwt220.00–227.001,4034
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424305.83/cwt300.00–310.001,2976
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473275.00/cwt270.00–280.001,3015
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525262.50/cwt260.00–270.001,3784
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3571251.23/cwt250.00–255.001,4354
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3628243.32/cwt240.00–245.001,5283
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,563158.99/cwt158.00–160.002,4853
Bulls——1,693163.13/cwt161.00–165.002,7622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%931119.97/cwt117.00–123.001,1176
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015135.28/cwt134.00–139.001,3737
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,069128.10/cwt126.00–130.001,36910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,108131.98/cwt130.00–135.001,4626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185147.59/cwt146.00–149.001,7492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235139.64/cwt138.00–141.001,7258
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,240150.31/cwt149.00–152.001,8644
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,346137.09/cwt135.00–140.001,8458
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,403144.60/cwt143.00–148.002,0298
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,191.67/head1,075.00–1,300.001,1923

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.