Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2024-08-26

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 26
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
595 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 610▲ 138 vs year ago 457 · +30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 45▲ 34 vs year ago 58 · +58.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 7.00 to 12.00 lower. No replacements were recorded. Feeder cattle sold 9.00 to 14.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $240.31/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −155.60 against this barn's trailing median of $395.91.
Average price
$240.31
47 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.05
vs AL average
−28.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544252.391,3735thin
Medium and Large 2540241.601,30431
Medium and Large 3542231.171,25411thin
One grade step is worth $21.22/cwt here — about $119 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 sale47 hd
240.31
—
AL average15 barns · 488 hd
248.35
−8.05
National average155 barns · 6,455 hd
268.55
−28.24
This barn, trailing median14 sales
395.91
−155.60
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

14 sales
470424378332median 395.9103/0905/1808/0308/3110/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $455.50, low $345.73, median $395.91 across 14 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—High1,509159.642,40910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,350135.331,82717
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,165134.461,56719
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,003125.181,25519

Every lot

69 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275335.00/cwt325.00–340.009213
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1279368.94/cwt365.00–370.001,0295
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319348.65/cwt345.00–355.001,1124
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327309.15/cwt300.00–325.001,0116
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375308.46/cwt300.00–320.001,15713
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375254.00/cwt250.00–260.009535
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382271.41/cwt265.00–278.001,0377
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425248.43/cwt247.00–250.001,0562
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429266.45/cwt260.00–272.001,1435
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430284.83/cwt280.00–290.001,2252
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472274.83/cwt270.00–280.001,2977
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475258.64/cwt250.00–267.001,22914
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3478240.17/cwt235.00–243.001,1485
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508259.00/cwt258.00–260.001,3162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3522233.28/cwt230.00–237.001,2187
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526244.99/cwt239.00–248.001,28922
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568247.98/cwt247.00–250.001,4093
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573233.32/cwt231.00–237.001,3379
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3578227.47/cwt220.00–230.001,3154
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2624226.92/cwt224.00–230.001,41612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3631219.22/cwt216.00–221.001,3834
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672223.56/cwt221.00–227.001,5027
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3680215.62/cwt209.00–219.001,4663
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725218.12/cwt215.00–223.001,5817
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3763207.48/cwt205.00–210.001,5832
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775216.00/cwt215.00–217.001,6744
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268298.17/cwt295.00–305.007993
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330262.33/cwt257.00–265.008665
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330241.56/cwt239.00–245.007975
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375235.00/cwt230.00–240.008816
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376244.41/cwt240.00–252.0091920
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425236.07/cwt230.00–240.001,00315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427222.02/cwt218.00–227.0094810
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473223.29/cwt221.00–228.001,05613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475218.50/cwt215.00–220.001,03810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526219.78/cwt218.00–221.001,15614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3527214.07/cwt209.00–217.001,12811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2084
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577215.67/cwt213.00–219.001,24410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627211.00/cwt209.00–214.001,32313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632218.04/cwt216.00–222.001,3783
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680202.98/cwt200.00–205.001,3804
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723197.01/cwt191.00–200.001,4243
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3725190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3782
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765191.52/cwt190.00–193.001,4652
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3775182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425246.00/cwt245.00–247.001,0464
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427256.62/cwt250.00–265.001,0966
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475231.00/cwt230.00–235.001,0975
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481244.03/cwt240.00–250.001,1744
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520222.99/cwt219.00–230.001,1604
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523230.79/cwt230.00–234.001,2075
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2362
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577226.53/cwt219.00–231.001,30711
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620215.73/cwt215.00–218.001,3384
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620207.04/cwt202.00–210.001,2843
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663208.51/cwt207.00–210.001,3822
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3775188.33/cwt185.00–190.001,4603
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,212149.04/cwt145.00–151.001,8063
Bulls——1,552158.80/cwt154.00–161.002,4653
Bulls——1,699168.23/cwt165.00–170.002,8584
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%904120.05/cwt119.00–122.001,0856
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048127.55/cwt125.00–130.001,33713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,116133.71/cwt131.00–136.001,49211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201139.38/cwt138.00–143.001,6745
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,273136.85/cwt135.00–141.001,7428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6583
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363143.49/cwt143.00–144.001,9562
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,434131.25/cwt129.00–134.001,8827

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.