Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-02-03

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 3
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
482 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 415▲ 81 vs year ago 401 · +20.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 44▼ 80 vs year ago 128 · −62.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 49▲ 0 vs year ago 44 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 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 $273.78/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −91.75 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$273.78
42 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,481
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.43
vs AL average
−25.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542283.261,53620
Medium and Large 2534272.121,45316thin
Medium and Large 3556246.631,3716thin
One grade step is worth $36.63/cwt here — about $165 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 sale42 hd
273.78
—
AL average14 barns · 533 hd
276.21
−2.43
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−25.08
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−91.75
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—Low1,642158.522,6027thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,447134.021,9396thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,164123.061,4328thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,053120.451,2683thin

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)—$2,3752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9753thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7967
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2758

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225497.83/cwt490.00–505.001,1202
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278491.53/cwt480.00–500.001,3666
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322407.03/cwt400.00–420.001,3117
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326476.30/cwt470.00–485.001,5534
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3326355.06/cwt350.00–370.001,1574
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370389.85/cwt380.00–410.001,4427
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374363.12/cwt358.00–370.001,3588
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3376349.42/cwt340.00–355.001,31411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429348.83/cwt346.00–352.001,4965
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475342.56/cwt340.00–347.001,6275
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3528305.62/cwt300.00–310.001,6143
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3565285.42/cwt281.00–290.001,6132
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570304.65/cwt300.00–310.001,7373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325321.38/cwt315.00–327.001,04410
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3326310.40/cwt310.00–312.001,0125
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374314.20/cwt310.00–322.001,17515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375301.00/cwt300.00–305.001,1295
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378326.03/cwt325.00–330.001,2325
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419322.95/cwt320.00–330.001,3535
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426301.78/cwt295.00–310.001,28615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427273.36/cwt270.00–280.001,1673
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474310.21/cwt306.00–317.001,4704
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475282.41/cwt276.00–290.001,34112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3479267.44/cwt260.00–270.001,2814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520253.27/cwt250.00–260.001,3173
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525288.26/cwt285.00–296.001,51312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525275.38/cwt270.00–282.001,44613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568275.76/cwt270.00–278.001,5668
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573258.01/cwt254.00–260.001,4783
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3592239.98/cwt236.00–244.001,4213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625238.33/cwt235.00–240.001,4906
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635252.01/cwt247.00–259.001,6003
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690229.00/cwt228.00–230.001,5803
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725225.50/cwt224.00–227.001,6354
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423350.47/cwt348.00–357.001,48210
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425345.00/cwt340.00–347.001,46612
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3436317.09/cwt315.00–320.001,3837
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469343.97/cwt342.00–347.001,6134
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471332.79/cwt327.00–340.001,5679
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516325.28/cwt322.00–327.001,6784
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531301.98/cwt298.00–308.001,6047
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585275.71/cwt269.00–284.001,6134
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625266.00/cwt260.00–270.001,6635
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673252.02/cwt251.00–253.001,6962
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,268144.50/cwt140.00–148.001,8322
Bulls——1,543155.82/cwt154.00–157.002,4043
Bulls——2,163176.60/cwt174.00–179.003,8202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053120.45/cwt118.00–123.001,2683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,089126.12/cwt124.00–130.001,3734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4874
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,293136.77/cwt133.00–139.001,7684
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,755128.51/cwt128.00–129.002,2552
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,375.00/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,975.00/head1,925.00–2,025.001,9753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,796.43/head1,650.00–1,900.001,7967
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,487.50/head2,300.00–2,675.002,4884
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,062.50/head1,850.00–2,275.002,0634

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.