Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-07-15

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
352 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 380▲ 30 vs year ago 322 · +9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 54▲ 15 vs year ago 54 · +27.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 0▲ 37 vs year ago 16 · +231.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.53/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −121.01 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$244.53
24 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,347
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$25.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.72
vs AL average
−13.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544249.831,35919thin
Medium and Large 3577224.381,2955thin
One grade step is worth $25.45/cwt here — about $64 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 sale24 hd
244.53
—
AL average15 barns · 612 hd
252.24
−7.72
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
−13.27
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−121.01
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—Low1,240149.661,8564thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,351142.311,9237thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,177136.691,60822
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,016129.501,31617

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)—$1,88914
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,78510
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,45014
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,8004thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273406.65/cwt405.00–410.001,1103
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323329.84/cwt325.00–340.001,0654
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328354.98/cwt350.00–360.001,1645
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373338.51/cwt335.00–350.001,2637
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3374318.83/cwt315.00–330.001,19213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423324.02/cwt320.00–325.001,3715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528289.98/cwt285.00–295.001,5312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6102
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7552
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325320.33/cwt320.00–322.001,0416
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3332272.43/cwt270.00–277.009043
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335294.85/cwt290.00–300.009882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371264.33/cwt260.00–270.009815
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376280.18/cwt277.00–290.001,0537
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426266.51/cwt262.00–275.001,13516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430254.40/cwt250.00–260.001,0945
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473248.37/cwt245.00–252.001,1752
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475259.45/cwt255.00–267.001,23213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522251.73/cwt245.00–257.001,31411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574247.21/cwt237.00–250.001,4198
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3577224.38/cwt220.00–230.001,2955
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619222.97/cwt220.00–227.001,3804
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3628213.14/cwt210.00–220.001,3397
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420317.44/cwt315.00–320.001,3332
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427303.60/cwt297.00–310.001,2968
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430280.00/cwt275.00–285.001,2042
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474289.71/cwt280.00–300.001,37318
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526273.39/cwt267.00–285.001,43810
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3527261.68/cwt260.00–265.001,3793
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3578244.39/cwt240.00–250.001,4135
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585257.89/cwt255.00–267.001,50911
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2619244.12/cwt242.00–250.001,5116
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,205145.63/cwt144.00–147.001,7552
Bulls——1,275153.68/cwt151.00–157.001,9592
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%987138.94/cwt137.00–140.001,3713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022131.06/cwt129.00–134.001,3398
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023122.71/cwt120.00–126.001,2556
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,091137.50/cwt135.00–140.001,50010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218146.70/cwt146.00–148.001,7874
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263130.67/cwt129.00–134.001,6508
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,297148.99/cwt148.00–150.001,9322
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300141.76/cwt140.00–145.001,8433
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483136.45/cwt136.00–137.002,0242
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,575.00/head2,550.00–2,600.002,5754
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,400.00/head2,275.00–2,475.002,40010
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,800.00/head1,750.00–1,850.001,8004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,922.73/head1,800.00–2,050.001,92311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,843.75/head1,775.00–1,900.001,8448
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,766.67/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7673
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,550.00/head1,525.00–1,575.001,5502

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.