Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-04-14

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 14
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
571 head
▲ 313 vs last sale 258▲ 325 vs year ago 246 · +132.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 51▲ 30 vs year ago 32 · +93.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 18▲ 38 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 4.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 10.00 to 16.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $297.43/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −68.11 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$297.43
35 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.51
vs AL average
−23.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538312.291,68113thin
Medium and Large 2548301.021,64913thin
Medium and Large 3563270.771,5249thin
One grade step is worth $41.52/cwt here — about $156 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 sale35 hd
297.43
—
AL average15 barns · 369 hd
296.91
+0.51
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
−23.75
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−68.11
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—Low1,414151.532,1435thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,270144.651,8373thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205137.561,65712
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,073127.441,3677thin

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)—$2,4884thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2173thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,85020
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,6138

Every lot

58 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272483.93/cwt480.00–490.001,3165
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275451.32/cwt450.00–455.001,2414
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324419.45/cwt410.00–430.001,3598
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325441.67/cwt435.00–450.001,4359
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374420.88/cwt420.00–430.001,57411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379409.48/cwt400.00–415.001,55220
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3383385.03/cwt380.00–390.001,4752
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420389.54/cwt375.00–400.001,6363
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475364.36/cwt357.00–375.001,73111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528352.78/cwt350.00–360.001,8636
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530320.14/cwt315.00–325.001,6972
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560348.49/cwt347.00–350.001,9522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613315.06/cwt310.00–320.001,9312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0862
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2288375.97/cwt372.00–380.001,0832
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325344.85/cwt340.00–350.001,1212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327367.60/cwt360.00–377.001,20217
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374363.90/cwt350.00–370.001,36117
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378329.91/cwt320.00–335.001,2473
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390385.02/cwt380.00–390.001,5023
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3416315.56/cwt310.00–320.001,3139
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422361.85/cwt355.00–372.001,5275
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427333.30/cwt327.00–342.001,42310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476320.01/cwt316.00–330.001,52323
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483301.60/cwt295.00–310.001,4576
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524318.23/cwt314.00–322.001,6688
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535307.15/cwt300.00–314.001,6438
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535286.11/cwt280.00–292.001,5312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561302.78/cwt300.00–310.001,6995
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568291.20/cwt288.00–300.001,6545
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3571266.39/cwt260.00–275.001,5217
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625265.63/cwt260.00–272.001,66011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3638251.00/cwt250.00–252.001,6012
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673253.32/cwt250.00–260.001,7053
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424396.15/cwt390.00–407.001,6806
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431372.21/cwt360.00–380.001,60413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478325.07/cwt320.00–335.001,5543
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486354.47/cwt350.00–365.001,72312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524328.52/cwt325.00–335.001,72113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578309.23/cwt307.00–312.001,7877
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3593297.53/cwt290.00–300.001,7644
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628298.44/cwt294.00–304.001,8746
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3628288.72/cwt284.00–291.001,8133
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673286.64/cwt280.00–292.001,9293
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3723252.54/cwt250.00–255.001,8262
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,9432
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,414151.53/cwt149.00–154.002,1435
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058129.47/cwt128.00–131.001,3704
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093124.74/cwt122.00–127.001,3633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184132.91/cwt130.00–135.001,5746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205139.48/cwt138.00–142.001,6814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265147.68/cwt146.00–150.001,8682
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,270144.65/cwt143.00–146.001,8373
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,018.75/head2,875.00–3,175.003,0198
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,737.50/head2,550.00–2,850.002,73812
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,612.50/head2,350.00–2,750.002,6138
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,487.50/head2,350.00–2,600.002,4884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,216.67/head2,050.00–2,300.002,2173

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.