Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-08-19

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 19
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
610 head
▲ 285 vs last sale 325▲ 153 vs year ago 457 · +33.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 44▼ 13 vs year ago 58 · −22.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 7▲ 18 vs year ago 5 · +360.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 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 $226.20/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −139.34 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$226.20
62 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,246
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.79
vs AL average
−18.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2548228.641,25346
Medium and Large 3559219.191,22516thin
One grade step is worth $9.45/cwt here — about $28 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 sale62 hd
226.20
—
AL average16 barns · 563 hd
234.99
−8.79
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
−18.21
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−139.34
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—Average1,325165.092,1872thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,315150.931,9853thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,103141.911,56513
CowsLean 85-90%Average972129.691,2618thin

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)—$1,7833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5355
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,0882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,62112

Every lot

61 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2288359.87/cwt355.00–365.001,0362
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325369.38/cwt365.00–380.001,2008
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330344.85/cwt335.00–350.001,1383
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360356.31/cwt352.00–362.001,2833
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375323.33/cwt320.00–330.001,2129
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3382307.93/cwt305.00–315.001,1766
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425313.33/cwt310.00–315.001,3326
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3429277.93/cwt270.00–280.001,1925
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472268.73/cwt267.00–275.001,26822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3476262.43/cwt260.00–265.001,2497
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522260.83/cwt257.00–267.001,3627
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525245.00/cwt240.00–250.001,2866
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563263.50/cwt263.00–264.001,4842
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575247.83/cwt245.00–256.001,4256
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3579235.02/cwt232.00–240.001,3614
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3623230.51/cwt228.00–231.001,4366
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625234.08/cwt232.00–239.001,46312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2674231.10/cwt228.00–235.001,5588
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3678222.47/cwt220.00–225.001,5082
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725227.50/cwt225.00–229.001,6494
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329279.84/cwt275.00–282.009218
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375265.72/cwt257.00–275.0099614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375252.00/cwt250.00–255.009455
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423251.96/cwt249.00–261.001,06610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425240.63/cwt235.00–245.001,02316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475239.67/cwt231.00–245.001,13815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3476233.84/cwt227.00–236.001,1137
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523221.60/cwt220.00–225.001,1595
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525233.36/cwt228.00–241.001,22522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569224.31/cwt220.00–231.001,27624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575218.09/cwt215.00–220.001,25411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624217.80/cwt215.00–225.001,35921
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3632213.30/cwt210.00–215.001,3483
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673213.43/cwt210.00–217.001,4369
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720201.51/cwt200.00–203.001,4512
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3725200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424314.41/cwt310.00–320.001,3335
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425299.91/cwt290.00–305.001,27511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425263.33/cwt260.00–270.001,1196
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473242.75/cwt240.00–250.001,1489
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475260.33/cwt255.00–267.001,2376
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524243.83/cwt240.00–247.001,2787
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2083
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575219.93/cwt216.00–224.001,2652
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585228.76/cwt226.00–232.001,3384
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2612223.19/cwt220.00–227.001,3665
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3623212.60/cwt205.00–216.001,3245
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2679217.98/cwt215.00–219.001,4804
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,325165.09/cwt164.00–166.002,1872
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%914126.01/cwt124.00–128.001,1524
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030133.36/cwt130.00–135.001,3744
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,053150.48/cwt150.00–151.001,5852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,077134.59/cwt132.00–136.001,4505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,141145.15/cwt143.00–147.001,6566
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,315150.93/cwt150.00–153.001,9853
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,783.33/head1,725.00–1,850.001,7833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,700.00/head1,675.00–1,725.001,7003
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,287.50/head1,250.00–1,325.001,2882
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,087.50/head1,025.00–1,150.001,0882
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,825.00/head1,800.00–1,850.001,8254
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,518.75/head1,475.00–1,575.001,5198

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.