Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-03-17

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 17
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
258 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 176▲ 49 vs year ago 209 · +23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 81▲ 41 vs year ago 31 · +132.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 43▲ 68 vs year ago 3 · +2,266.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $296.65/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −68.89 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$296.65
9 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.14
vs AL average
−17.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528308.171,6275thin
Medium and Large 2552282.251,5574thin
One grade step is worth $25.92/cwt here — about $71 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 sale9 hd
296.65
—
AL average14 barns · 346 hd
292.51
+4.14
National average174 barns · 12,680 hd
314.58
−17.93
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−68.89
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—Average1,593168.392,6836thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,278154.101,97025
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,160145.541,68819
CowsLean 85-90%Low959134.671,2915thin

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)—$2,16312
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0505
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,8788
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,88842

Every lot

48 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1238494.84/cwt490.00–500.001,1782
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280456.83/cwt445.00–470.001,2792
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323387.46/cwt380.00–395.001,2516
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325432.50/cwt425.00–440.001,40612
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330415.00/cwt410.00–420.001,3704
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376418.91/cwt415.00–425.001,5759
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378402.71/cwt395.00–410.001,52211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6362
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618311.29/cwt308.00–315.001,9243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1832
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2277397.76/cwt390.00–405.001,1027
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3322364.30/cwt360.00–375.001,1735
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326389.57/cwt380.00–400.001,27012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376387.69/cwt380.00–395.001,4587
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381404.71/cwt400.00–412.001,5429
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413397.88/cwt390.00–405.001,6434
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426377.16/cwt370.00–382.001,6075
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427336.64/cwt330.00–340.001,4373
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460342.32/cwt340.00–345.001,5753
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477318.00/cwt312.00–324.001,5175
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528308.17/cwt306.00–313.001,6275
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543289.50/cwt289.00–290.001,5722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560275.00/cwt270.00–280.001,5402
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643259.00/cwt258.00–260.001,6652
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688242.97/cwt240.00–246.001,6722
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770225.61/cwt220.00–230.001,7373
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424397.14/cwt390.00–404.001,6847
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434369.88/cwt360.00–375.001,6054
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483354.92/cwt350.00–360.001,7145
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523342.52/cwt335.00–350.001,7916
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643297.51/cwt295.00–300.001,9132
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,308162.98/cwt162.00–164.002,1322
Bulls——1,736171.09/cwt169.00–177.002,9704
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%915139.03/cwt138.00–140.001,2722
Cows—Lean 85-90%988131.77/cwt130.00–133.001,3023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151146.68/cwt144.00–148.001,6886
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153157.47/cwt156.00–159.001,8164
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169139.47/cwt137.00–142.001,6309
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,243154.42/cwt152.00–157.001,91914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,301149.31/cwt146.00–151.001,9437
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363161.39/cwt160.00–163.002,2004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,516.67/head2,400.00–2,600.002,5176
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,050.00/head1,800.00–2,250.002,0505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,878.13/head1,775.00–2,050.001,8788
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,808.33/head1,700.00–2,050.001,8086
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,275.00/head3,125.00–3,550.003,27514
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,803.13/head2,650.00–2,925.002,80316
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,550.00/head2,450.00–2,600.002,55012

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.