Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-01-06

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 6
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
362 head
▼ 264 vs last sale 626▲ 38 vs year ago 324 · +11.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 37▼ 43 vs year ago 84 · −51.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 19▲ 5 vs year ago 17 · +29.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.04/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −98.50 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$267.04
30 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,445
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.30
vs AL average
−38.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527280.631,47913thin
Medium and Large 2562261.161,46612thin
Medium and Large 3528245.831,2985thin
One grade step is worth $34.80/cwt here — about $181 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale30 hd
267.04
—
AL average5 barns · 108 hd
255.74
+11.30
National average163 barns · 22,771 hd
305.24
−38.20
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−98.50
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—Average1,562154.002,4066thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,168117.681,3746thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,004105.241,0574thin

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)—$1,9687
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,6252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,6002thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270426.37/cwt420.00–430.001,1514
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1274459.33/cwt455.00–470.001,2598
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1052
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326422.10/cwt410.00–430.001,3765
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330366.48/cwt355.00–385.001,2094
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,2021
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375329.14/cwt322.00–335.001,2347
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376344.84/cwt340.00–352.001,2978
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423332.02/cwt328.00–335.001,4044
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5641
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473318.77/cwt315.00–320.001,5084
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573297.80/cwt296.00–300.001,7065
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7552
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268329.95/cwt325.00–335.008842
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278317.21/cwt315.00–320.008824
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326315.60/cwt310.00–320.001,0298
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375306.85/cwt300.00–310.001,15113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377314.80/cwt312.00–322.001,1876
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380287.60/cwt280.00–295.001,0932
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427308.13/cwt305.00–312.001,3167
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429297.20/cwt292.00–300.001,2758
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3432277.88/cwt270.00–282.001,2003
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471297.96/cwt296.00–302.001,4034
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473264.38/cwt260.00–270.001,2515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475283.00/cwt275.00–292.001,34411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518268.65/cwt268.00–270.001,3923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527280.63/cwt276.00–286.001,47913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528245.83/cwt240.00–252.001,2985
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576258.66/cwt250.00–264.001,4909
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615249.54/cwt247.00–252.001,5352
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3638227.47/cwt225.00–230.001,4512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426333.09/cwt327.00–345.001,4194
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427318.39/cwt312.00–325.001,3607
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472305.79/cwt300.00–312.001,44310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508318.50/cwt318.00–319.001,6182
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525276.89/cwt274.00–280.001,4542
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526297.23/cwt288.00–305.001,56312
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570291.31/cwt290.00–294.001,6603
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575274.91/cwt270.00–278.001,5813
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3590262.52/cwt260.00–265.001,5492
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618255.00/cwt254.00–256.001,5762
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3638245.00/cwt244.00–246.001,5632
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680243.48/cwt241.00–246.001,6562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,521152.07/cwt150.00–154.002,3134
Bulls——1,645157.85/cwt155.00–161.002,5972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004105.24/cwt104.00–106.001,0574
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,139116.52/cwt113.00–118.001,3274
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4702
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,137.50/head2,025.00–2,400.002,1384
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,741.67/head1,725.00–1,750.001,7423
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,625.00/head1,600.00–1,650.001,6252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002

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.