Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-06-24

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 24
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
411 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 392▼ 76 vs year ago 487 · −15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 89▼ 7 vs year ago 91 · −7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 7▲ 19 vs year ago 19 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold sharply lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.84/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −125.70 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$239.84
25 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,304
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.59
vs AL average
−29.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2541245.051,32514thin
Medium and Large 3548233.201,27811thin
One grade step is worth $11.85/cwt here — about $47 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 sale25 hd
239.84
—
AL average13 barns · 435 hd
251.43
−11.59
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−29.44
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−125.70
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—Average1,480164.122,42810
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,299150.751,95819
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,176139.071,63617
CowsLean 85-90%Average945127.931,20912

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)—$1,5367
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3507
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,57510

Every lot

55 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324349.39/cwt340.00–355.001,1327
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325327.50/cwt325.00–330.001,0646
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375334.44/cwt330.00–345.001,2549
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375314.17/cwt310.00–320.001,1786
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425320.00/cwt315.00–325.001,3606
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3476285.84/cwt285.00–290.001,3616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478301.86/cwt295.00–312.001,4436
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525278.00/cwt275.00–285.001,46010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532296.58/cwt290.00–300.001,5783
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3572269.63/cwt267.00–275.001,5426
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3613257.31/cwt255.00–260.001,5773
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3670251.64/cwt250.00–255.001,6863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290332.46/cwt330.00–335.009642
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323323.78/cwt320.00–330.001,0469
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370311.93/cwt307.00–317.001,1542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378290.30/cwt285.00–300.001,0976
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380274.61/cwt270.00–277.001,0443
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422273.29/cwt267.00–282.001,15312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427259.38/cwt255.00–265.001,10813
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472253.20/cwt250.00–260.001,19513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3476246.20/cwt240.00–250.001,17210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523247.77/cwt245.00–252.001,2969
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528239.17/cwt235.00–245.001,2636
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572240.16/cwt235.00–245.001,3745
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3572226.03/cwt220.00–230.001,2935
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630224.63/cwt222.00–227.001,4153
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645218.00/cwt210.00–220.001,40612
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428299.53/cwt292.00–305.001,2827
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430276.29/cwt275.00–280.001,1884
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3474266.98/cwt262.00–275.001,2657
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525257.10/cwt252.00–262.001,35010
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527273.35/cwt270.00–280.001,4413
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575252.14/cwt250.00–255.001,4507
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577258.99/cwt257.00–260.001,4943
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3628237.83/cwt235.00–240.001,4946
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2671236.73/cwt235.00–240.001,5884
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3688228.01/cwt222.00–232.001,5693
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,217151.62/cwt143.00–156.001,8453
Bulls——1,491165.32/cwt158.00–170.002,4654
Bulls——1,727175.02/cwt172.00–181.003,0233
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%944125.78/cwt125.00–129.001,1879
Cows—Lean 85-90%947134.39/cwt131.00–137.001,2733
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143140.97/cwt139.00–145.001,6117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179132.48/cwt130.00–137.001,5627
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,244144.47/cwt143.00–145.001,7974
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,246155.20/cwt153.00–159.001,9347
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247150.03/cwt149.00–152.001,8713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,372150.00/cwt147.00–152.002,0588
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,641.67/head1,600.00–1,725.001,6426
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,475.00/head1,450.00–1,500.001,4754
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,535.71/head1,475.00–1,600.001,5367
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,418.75/head1,375.00–1,450.001,4194
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,258.33/head1,200.00–1,300.001,2583

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.