Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-03-24

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 24
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
309 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 258▲ 309 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 72▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 71▲ 101 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 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.08/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −61.46 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$304.08
22 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.07
vs AL average
−17.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539315.651,70310thin
Medium and Large 2546294.441,60712thin
One grade step is worth $21.21/cwt here — about $95 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 sale22 hd
304.08
—
AL average16 barns · 348 hd
299.01
+5.07
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−17.66
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−61.46
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—Average1,606169.292,7185thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,410145.862,05710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,195144.601,72822
CowsLean 85-90%High1,039133.741,38912

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)—$2,66814
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,38812
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,8405
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,14548

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1232519.42/cwt500.00–530.001,2053
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270472.08/cwt465.00–480.001,2752
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2272435.12/cwt425.00–440.001,1843
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3002
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328444.28/cwt442.00–455.001,4576
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2343424.96/cwt420.00–430.001,4582
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376429.51/cwt420.00–440.001,61510
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379404.38/cwt400.00–417.001,5334
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425412.86/cwt410.00–415.001,7557
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2439383.99/cwt380.00–390.001,6865
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476379.88/cwt374.00–390.001,8084
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485359.90/cwt350.00–365.001,7468
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527343.18/cwt340.00–345.001,8095
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537353.95/cwt350.00–358.001,9016
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,9903
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,8862
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9243
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2722271.72/cwt270.00–275.001,9623
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273431.68/cwt425.00–440.001,1783
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283395.13/cwt390.00–400.001,1182
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332384.45/cwt374.00–390.001,2763
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335399.01/cwt390.00–410.001,3374
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374386.80/cwt375.00–395.001,44714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375356.93/cwt350.00–365.001,3385
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428376.91/cwt366.00–385.001,6139
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433339.93/cwt330.00–355.001,47216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463285.90/cwt280.00–292.001,3242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472329.63/cwt327.00–335.001,5563
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477318.97/cwt315.00–322.001,52111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528302.10/cwt290.00–314.001,5957
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533318.46/cwt316.00–322.001,6978
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565304.40/cwt299.00–310.001,7202
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571283.72/cwt281.00–295.001,6205
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633264.28/cwt263.00–267.001,6733
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7472
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728248.98/cwt248.00–250.001,8132
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426393.81/cwt385.00–402.001,6787
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478349.63/cwt340.00–360.001,6712
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,7962
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528335.91/cwt332.00–340.001,7742
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,490163.90/cwt161.00–166.002,4422
Bulls——1,683172.88/cwt169.00–179.002,9103
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%976139.05/cwt138.00–140.001,3574
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070131.08/cwt130.00–133.001,4038
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,7142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135139.21/cwt135.00–141.001,5805
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223145.54/cwt143.00–148.001,78015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,368149.82/cwt148.00–153.002,0504
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,438143.22/cwt141.00–146.002,0606
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,356.82/head3,200.00–3,475.003,35722
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,016.67/head2,800.00–3,250.003,01718
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,800.00/head2,750.00–2,850.002,8004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,740.91/head2,650.00–2,950.002,74111
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,400.00/head2,250.00–2,500.002,4003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,387.50/head2,200.00–2,650.002,38812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,840.00/head1,750.00–1,950.001,8405

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.