Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-07-08

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 8
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 411▲ 33 vs year ago 347 · +9.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 84▼ 16 vs year ago 70 · −22.9%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.88/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −121.66 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$243.88
38 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,339
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.05
vs AL average
−24.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545259.171,4127thin
Medium and Large 2560241.781,35422
Medium and Large 3525237.111,2459thin
One grade step is worth $22.06/cwt here — about $167 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 sale38 hd
243.88
—
AL average5 barns · 127 hd
248.93
−5.05
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
−24.98
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−121.66
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—High1,504157.522,3686thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,195137.611,64415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,016127.841,29911

Every lot

48 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322347.79/cwt345.00–355.001,1207
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3332323.47/cwt320.00–330.001,0743
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333389.89/cwt385.00–395.001,2982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374330.73/cwt315.00–345.001,23713
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375321.43/cwt320.00–325.001,2057
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413335.99/cwt335.00–337.001,3882
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415319.94/cwt315.00–325.001,3282
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475305.00/cwt300.00–310.001,4498
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475291.00/cwt285.00–295.001,3825
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527295.00/cwt290.00–300.001,5559
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572277.46/cwt270.00–285.001,5876
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5632
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678254.53/cwt252.00–257.001,7262
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325327.50/cwt325.00–330.001,0644
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326296.65/cwt290.00–300.009676
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328275.95/cwt270.00–280.009055
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374263.49/cwt260.00–270.0098510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378278.39/cwt275.00–285.001,0526
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424264.75/cwt260.00–275.001,12317
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425251.86/cwt250.00–260.001,07028
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474253.34/cwt250.00–265.001,20111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3476244.01/cwt240.00–250.001,1618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495268.50/cwt267.00–270.001,3292
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520264.78/cwt260.00–267.001,3774
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524247.31/cwt242.00–255.001,2967
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525237.11/cwt235.00–240.001,2459
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577239.20/cwt235.00–245.001,38015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578251.69/cwt250.00–255.001,4553
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618241.00/cwt240.00–242.001,4892
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680210.98/cwt210.00–212.001,4352
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425321.00/cwt315.00–325.001,3645
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425297.33/cwt295.00–305.001,26415
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425280.00/cwt275.00–285.001,1904
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473267.85/cwt260.00–270.001,2676
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480296.70/cwt295.00–300.001,4243
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484277.89/cwt275.00–282.001,34511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518253.98/cwt250.00–257.001,3163
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527269.72/cwt265.00–275.001,42111
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574256.01/cwt252.00–260.001,4696
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3633227.49/cwt225.00–230.001,4402
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635242.33/cwt240.00–245.001,5393
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480155.70/cwt153.00–159.002,3043
Bulls——1,527159.33/cwt159.00–160.002,4333
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%984123.35/cwt121.00–125.001,2144
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,034130.40/cwt127.00–133.001,3487
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,113139.30/cwt136.00–142.001,5505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184128.61/cwt127.00–131.001,5235
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288144.93/cwt144.00–147.001,8675

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.