Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-01-27

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 27
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 392▲ 74 vs year ago 341 · +21.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 26▼ 20 vs year ago 64 · −31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 14▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 9.00 to 13.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.76/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −103.78 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$261.76
16 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,426
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.08
vs AL average
−42.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565278.021,5712thin
Medium and Large 2548270.801,4855thin
Medium and Large 3539253.121,3639thin
One grade step is worth $24.90/cwt here — about $207 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 sale16 hd
261.76
—
AL average10 barns · 278 hd
282.84
−21.08
National average182 barns · 24,858 hd
304.64
−42.88
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−103.78
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—Low1,431151.482,1686thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,403148.742,0864thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,161132.811,5427thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average988120.631,1928thin

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)—$2,37715
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0867
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2138

Every lot

56 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2276432.51/cwt425.00–445.001,1944
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1282466.51/cwt460.00–470.001,3163
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2316411.25/cwt400.00–420.001,3004
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325437.71/cwt430.00–447.001,4237
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3332355.20/cwt350.00–365.001,1793
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363390.07/cwt380.00–400.001,4162
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376366.26/cwt360.00–375.001,3778
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3377345.62/cwt340.00–350.001,3038
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443349.98/cwt346.00–354.001,5502
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475337.46/cwt333.00–340.001,6034
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533324.45/cwt320.00–328.001,7294
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608290.50/cwt290.00–291.001,7662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273341.04/cwt335.00–345.009315
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333337.19/cwt332.00–340.001,1234
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345318.50/cwt315.00–322.001,0992
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368292.30/cwt285.00–302.001,0763
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375328.50/cwt327.00–330.001,2324
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381313.92/cwt305.00–320.001,1965
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420322.48/cwt317.00–327.001,3544
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426302.92/cwt295.00–312.001,2907
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427278.87/cwt275.00–287.001,1916
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472306.40/cwt300.00–310.001,4467
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476290.63/cwt282.00–298.001,38311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3479267.66/cwt265.00–275.001,2825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3524256.31/cwt250.00–268.001,3436
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525277.33/cwt276.00–278.001,4563
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565278.02/cwt276.00–280.001,5712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3568246.74/cwt240.00–250.001,4013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583261.00/cwt260.00–262.001,5222
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632244.60/cwt239.00–248.001,5463
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425329.96/cwt325.00–335.001,4023
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430309.77/cwt300.00–320.001,3322
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438346.50/cwt346.00–347.001,5182
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465345.00/cwt342.00–348.001,6044
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484327.79/cwt326.00–332.001,5874
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513325.49/cwt324.00–327.001,6702
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522308.19/cwt300.00–315.001,6093
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575288.79/cwt282.00–298.001,6616
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6252
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628274.00/cwt269.00–280.001,7215
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670249.70/cwt245.00–252.001,6733
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2743235.02/cwt230.00–240.001,7462
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2758225.50/cwt224.00–227.001,7092
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,413147.66/cwt145.00–150.002,0864
Bulls——1,468159.13/cwt154.00–164.002,3362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%982125.99/cwt125.00–127.001,2373
Cows—Lean 85-90%992117.42/cwt116.00–119.001,1655
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,094135.54/cwt133.00–137.001,4834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250129.16/cwt127.00–130.001,6153
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,370146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,0002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435151.48/cwt150.00–153.002,1742
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,522.50/head2,400.00–2,650.002,52310
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,325.00/head2,275.00–2,400.002,3253
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,085.00/head1,950.00–2,250.002,0855
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,906.25/head1,750.00–2,000.001,9064
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,212.50/head1,850.00–2,375.002,2138

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.