Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-08-12

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 12
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 423▼ 146 vs year ago 471 · −31.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 101▼ 35 vs year ago 79 · −44.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 50▼ 10 vs year ago 17 · −58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 8.00 to 14.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.20/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −136.33 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$229.20
35 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.46
vs AL average
−22.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570242.951,3853thin
Medium and Large 2526230.051,21027
Medium and Large 3555216.401,2015thin
One grade step is worth $26.55/cwt here — about $184 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale35 hd
229.20
—
AL average14 barns · 473 hd
230.67
−1.46
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−22.74
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−136.33
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—Average1,686167.502,8247thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,373146.212,00812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,077142.261,5314thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low915131.121,2007thin

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)—$1,7502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5752thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1274407.47/cwt405.00–415.001,1164
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320366.59/cwt360.00–375.001,1736
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320327.58/cwt325.00–330.001,0482
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327346.93/cwt340.00–350.001,1345
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371328.69/cwt320.00–335.001,2194
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375348.00/cwt340.00–350.001,3055
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378307.45/cwt300.00–315.001,1622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423290.43/cwt287.00–295.001,2295
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430309.88/cwt300.00–315.001,3323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3463272.54/cwt270.00–275.001,2622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4949
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528271.27/cwt267.00–275.001,4323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4995
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625243.00/cwt237.00–245.001,5194
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667236.81/cwt236.00–240.001,58010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325257.42/cwt255.00–260.008372
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328280.75/cwt270.00–285.009216
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375253.00/cwt250.00–255.009495
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376263.92/cwt257.00–272.0099215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423254.12/cwt250.00–265.001,07512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435234.94/cwt230.00–240.001,0222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475232.50/cwt230.00–235.001,1042
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477247.13/cwt240.00–255.001,17911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519231.02/cwt228.00–242.001,19924
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533220.00/cwt215.00–225.001,1733
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570242.95/cwt240.00–247.001,3853
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583222.27/cwt217.00–230.001,2963
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3588211.01/cwt210.00–212.001,2412
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623218.38/cwt215.00–220.001,3618
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4851
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685212.02/cwt209.00–215.001,4522
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723208.47/cwt207.00–210.001,5072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425281.67/cwt275.00–290.001,1979
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425250.63/cwt245.00–260.001,0658
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475242.50/cwt240.00–245.001,1524
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477255.58/cwt250.00–265.001,21912
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520226.46/cwt220.00–232.001,1783
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532241.22/cwt237.00–247.001,2835
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577234.04/cwt230.00–240.001,3503
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620215.04/cwt210.00–220.001,3332
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718201.04/cwt197.00–205.001,4432
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,570167.42/cwt164.00–171.002,6282
Bulls——1,598151.93/cwt150.00–154.002,4282
Bulls——1,822177.94/cwt174.00–182.003,2423
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%880130.95/cwt129.00–133.001,1522
Cows—Lean 85-90%890126.67/cwt126.00–127.001,1273
Cows—Lean 85-90%988137.97/cwt137.00–139.001,3632
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,030138.02/cwt137.00–139.001,4222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,123146.49/cwt146.00–147.001,6452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,318141.04/cwt140.00–142.001,8593
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380152.55/cwt152.00–153.002,1052
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395146.61/cwt145.00–150.002,0457
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,575.00/head1,450.00–1,700.001,5752

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.