Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-07-22

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 22
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
531 head
▲ 179 vs last sale 352▲ 144 vs year ago 387 · +37.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 69▼ 16 vs year ago 76 · −21.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 53▲ 23 vs year ago 14 · +164.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 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 $242.77/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −122.76 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$242.77
19 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,305
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.42
vs AL average
−21.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536245.641,31712thin
Medium and Large 3540237.861,2857thin
One grade step is worth $7.78/cwt here — about $33 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 sale19 hd
242.77
—
AL average15 barns · 648 hd
253.19
−10.42
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−21.86
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−122.76
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%Low1,274140.251,7875thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,275133.481,70219
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,068123.221,31610

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)—$2,2255
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9668
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,5083thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,12010

Every lot

56 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230426.09/cwt420.00–435.009805
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1276406.65/cwt400.00–410.001,1226
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313392.44/cwt390.00–395.001,2282
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323336.72/cwt330.00–340.001,0884
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327355.00/cwt345.00–360.001,1617
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372337.08/cwt335.00–345.001,2547
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373366.63/cwt365.00–375.001,3686
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375318.57/cwt312.00–325.001,19514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2417320.00/cwt315.00–325.001,3345
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3443297.46/cwt290.00–305.001,3182
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3476291.65/cwt285.00–295.001,3886
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523291.36/cwt285.00–295.001,5245
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525276.00/cwt272.00–280.001,4494
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5534
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578275.22/cwt272.00–282.001,5914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621262.75/cwt260.00–270.001,6325
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1287320.62/cwt317.00–325.009203
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326314.77/cwt310.00–320.001,02613
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332295.69/cwt292.00–300.009823
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375283.38/cwt280.00–287.001,06313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378271.27/cwt270.00–275.001,0254
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423267.44/cwt265.00–275.001,13115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428261.75/cwt260.00–265.001,1204
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473258.59/cwt255.00–265.001,2238
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475245.31/cwt242.00–252.001,16513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519247.98/cwt245.00–255.001,2878
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525239.60/cwt237.00–242.001,2585
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571240.96/cwt235.00–247.001,3764
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578233.51/cwt232.00–235.001,3502
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624231.63/cwt227.00–237.001,44511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645226.00/cwt225.00–227.001,4582
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673225.34/cwt222.00–227.001,5173
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421294.16/cwt290.00–302.001,2384
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425282.78/cwt275.00–285.001,2029
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474283.23/cwt280.00–292.001,3438
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475272.50/cwt270.00–275.001,2944
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3522270.22/cwt267.00–272.001,4115
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4443
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563266.00/cwt265.00–267.001,4982
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573252.42/cwt250.00–255.001,4462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3618239.55/cwt237.00–242.001,4802
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5632
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668237.73/cwt232.00–242.001,5884
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010133.51/cwt133.00–134.001,3482
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020123.88/cwt122.00–127.001,2643
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,120118.71/cwt116.00–121.001,3305
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,200145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,7402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212126.71/cwt125.00–128.001,5365
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308134.66/cwt132.00–137.001,76110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,323137.09/cwt135.00–138.001,8143
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,475.00/head2,375.00–2,550.002,4756
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,587.50/head1,525.00–1,650.001,5884
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,225.00/head2,000.00–2,525.002,2255
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,965.63/head1,825.00–2,100.001,9668
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,508.33/head1,450.00–1,575.001,5083

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.