Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-02-17

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 17
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
311 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 420▼ 143 vs year ago 454 · −31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 36▼ 21 vs year ago 65 · −32.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 12▲ 54 vs year ago 33 · +163.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.06/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −106.48 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$259.06
21 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,423
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.10
vs AL average
−38.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536269.071,4429thin
Medium and Large 3559251.551,40712thin
One grade step is worth $17.51/cwt here — about $35 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 sale21 hd
259.06
—
AL average14 barns · 267 hd
260.16
−1.10
National average119 barns · 5,510 hd
297.83
−38.77
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−106.48
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—Average1,493161.012,4043thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,400141.291,9795thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,124136.591,5367thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,053124.431,3106thin

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)—$2,0055
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9005
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,6905
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,76876

Every lot

50 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268432.76/cwt420.00–445.001,1603
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323414.73/cwt410.00–420.001,3402
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325379.38/cwt370.00–390.001,2332
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1862
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370358.11/cwt350.00–375.001,3253
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3383325.22/cwt315.00–335.001,2463
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420323.45/cwt322.00–325.001,3582
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458346.50/cwt346.00–347.001,5872
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475313.65/cwt310.00–317.001,4902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510324.99/cwt324.00–326.001,6572
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321312.41/cwt308.00–320.001,0036
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325292.80/cwt286.00–299.009522
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379309.14/cwt305.00–312.001,1726
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410311.35/cwt307.00–315.001,2773
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1902
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428296.63/cwt290.00–300.001,2708
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473270.57/cwt267.00–275.001,2803
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476285.54/cwt280.00–294.001,3599
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520272.30/cwt270.00–280.001,4166
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520261.94/cwt260.00–268.001,3624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568262.60/cwt260.00–268.001,4923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3579246.36/cwt238.00–250.001,4268
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635236.76/cwt234.00–241.001,5034
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675232.67/cwt230.00–238.001,5713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683248.99/cwt248.00–250.001,7012
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723229.34/cwt228.00–230.001,6583
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418346.61/cwt345.00–350.001,4493
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427329.94/cwt325.00–335.001,4093
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438312.49/cwt310.00–315.001,3692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473333.21/cwt330.00–340.001,5765
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475325.17/cwt320.00–330.001,5456
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3490306.97/cwt304.00–310.001,5042
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528305.44/cwt298.00–310.001,6134
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578272.96/cwt270.00–276.001,5782
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3582265.91/cwt258.00–270.001,5483
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2621261.73/cwt258.00–266.001,6254
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3635251.00/cwt244.00–258.001,5942
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,493161.01/cwt159.00–165.002,4043
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%990130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2872
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084121.65/cwt120.00–124.001,3194
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,111138.17/cwt137.00–139.001,5355
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158132.63/cwt130.00–135.001,5362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,188137.15/cwt135.00–139.001,6292
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,542144.05/cwt142.00–147.002,2213
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,250.00/head2,050.00–2,450.002,2502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,900.00/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9005
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,841.67/head1,775.00–1,900.001,8423
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,690.00/head1,550.00–1,800.001,6905
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,838.39/head2,650.00–3,050.002,83856
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,570.00/head2,350.00–2,650.002,57020

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.