Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-01-13

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 13
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
392 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 362▲ 150 vs year ago 242 · +62.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 41▼ 19 vs year ago 45 · −42.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 22▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 9.00 to 13.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.42/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −100.12 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$265.42
31 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,438
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.02
vs AL average
−38.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526289.981,5255thin
Medium and Large 2545264.491,44020
Medium and Large 3545248.031,3536thin
One grade step is worth $41.95/cwt here — about $173 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 sale31 hd
265.42
—
AL average16 barns · 459 hd
264.40
+1.02
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−38.61
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−100.12
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—Average1,470150.612,2142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,209136.761,6534thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,422135.841,9323thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low946116.841,1065thin

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
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$1,8854thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228455.38/cwt450.00–460.001,0382
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283438.20/cwt430.00–447.001,2404
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321409.48/cwt400.00–420.001,3145
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3328353.40/cwt350.00–360.001,1593
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331380.53/cwt375.00–387.001,2604
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365387.43/cwt385.00–390.001,4142
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375362.20/cwt357.00–367.001,3585
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375334.73/cwt330.00–340.001,2552
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426350.91/cwt347.00–360.001,4954
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427336.48/cwt330.00–342.001,4377
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435318.53/cwt317.00–320.001,3862
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468302.27/cwt300.00–307.001,4153
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470342.21/cwt337.00–350.001,6083
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480326.79/cwt322.00–332.001,5696
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525315.35/cwt310.00–322.001,6568
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3528302.49/cwt300.00–305.001,5972
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575297.28/cwt292.00–302.001,7096
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6103
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673260.76/cwt259.00–262.001,7554
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725255.49/cwt255.00–256.001,8522
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728244.88/cwt240.00–250.001,7832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328324.91/cwt320.00–332.001,0666
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335346.32/cwt342.00–350.001,1604
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374333.72/cwt330.00–340.001,2485
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,1142
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377318.26/cwt310.00–325.001,2009
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424320.19/cwt315.00–327.001,35811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425301.14/cwt295.00–310.001,28012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428287.28/cwt280.00–290.001,2306
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474269.86/cwt262.00–277.001,2798
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475288.74/cwt282.00–296.001,37223
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476301.07/cwt297.00–305.001,43311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525270.50/cwt267.00–276.001,42012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526289.98/cwt282.00–297.001,5255
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528252.54/cwt250.00–260.001,3334
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574255.48/cwt248.00–262.001,4668
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580239.02/cwt238.00–240.001,3862
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615242.72/cwt239.00–247.001,4934
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425303.33/cwt300.00–310.001,2893
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427345.23/cwt342.00–347.001,4749
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430331.58/cwt325.00–340.001,4267
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471340.95/cwt337.00–347.001,6064
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473314.02/cwt307.00–317.001,4854
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4252
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524319.43/cwt315.00–322.001,6747
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532308.29/cwt305.00–310.001,6403
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574294.76/cwt288.00–300.001,6925
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3574269.98/cwt265.00–279.001,5507
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620261.48/cwt260.00–264.001,6214
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670248.99/cwt248.00–250.001,6682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,470150.61/cwt146.00–156.002,2142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1432
Cows—Lean 85-90%947114.07/cwt111.00–116.001,0803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163133.97/cwt131.00–137.001,5582
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255139.55/cwt139.00–140.001,7512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,422135.84/cwt134.00–139.001,9323
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,885.00/head1,800.00–1,940.001,8854

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.