Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-02-10

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 10
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 482▲ 119 vs year ago 301 · +39.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 48▲ 10 vs year ago 26 · +38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 44▲ 12 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 steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.35/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −106.19 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$259.35
31 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,415
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.29
vs AL average
−37.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513291.011,4932thin
Medium and Large 2547266.891,46017thin
Medium and Large 3549243.401,33612thin
One grade step is worth $47.61/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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
259.35
—
AL average15 barns · 491 hd
265.64
−6.29
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−37.65
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−106.19
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—High1,638162.082,6546thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,608137.802,2169thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low921119.501,1014thin

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)—$2,4444thin

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275474.82/cwt470.00–480.001,3062
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2316396.88/cwt390.00–405.001,2545
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325363.33/cwt360.00–370.001,1816
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374370.00/cwt360.00–375.001,38410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375344.62/cwt340.00–350.001,29213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421354.58/cwt353.00–357.001,4935
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4242
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478340.21/cwt337.00–347.001,6264
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490330.22/cwt325.00–337.001,6184
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525336.00/cwt335.00–337.001,7644
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531319.69/cwt317.00–322.001,6987
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574300.99/cwt300.00–307.001,7287
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3574281.73/cwt279.00–290.001,6174
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615287.46/cwt285.00–290.001,7682
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3628273.98/cwt270.00–276.001,7213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675267.00/cwt264.00–270.001,8027
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725261.47/cwt256.00–266.001,89619
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775251.17/cwt250.00–255.001,94712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325296.67/cwt295.00–300.009643
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375302.50/cwt300.00–310.001,1348
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0882
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418310.97/cwt310.00–312.001,3002
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423293.68/cwt290.00–305.001,2428
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433285.97/cwt285.00–287.001,2382
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4253
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475267.92/cwt265.00–275.001,27312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476287.76/cwt277.00–295.001,37015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513291.01/cwt290.00–292.001,4932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523256.63/cwt250.00–258.001,3426
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525270.62/cwt266.00–275.001,42110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575230.17/cwt227.00–237.001,3236
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579261.55/cwt256.00–265.001,5147
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623230.13/cwt228.00–233.001,4348
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625260.20/cwt255.00–263.001,62610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633243.42/cwt237.00–250.001,5414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2683230.88/cwt229.00–234.001,5779
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725224.53/cwt220.00–229.001,6282
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3732203.39/cwt200.00–210.001,4893
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428316.94/cwt310.00–320.001,3575
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430333.44/cwt325.00–340.001,4349
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4253
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480318.09/cwt311.00–322.001,5277
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530307.43/cwt300.00–310.001,6294
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3533288.98/cwt282.00–293.001,5405
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573287.51/cwt284.00–290.001,6476
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626263.29/cwt259.00–270.001,6487
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,377154.13/cwt150.00–159.002,1223
Bulls——1,898170.03/cwt164.00–179.003,2273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%921119.50/cwt117.00–122.001,1014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,482133.73/cwt131.00–136.001,9823
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,671139.83/cwt138.00–144.002,3376
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,443.75/head2,275.00–2,650.002,4444

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.