Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-04-28

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 28
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
437 head
▲ 188 vs last sale 249▲ 190 vs year ago 247 · +76.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 29▼ 23 vs year ago 58 · −39.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 33▲ 35 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 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 14.00 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 $304.73/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −60.81 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$304.73
38 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.49
vs AL average
−24.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544320.501,7447thin
Medium and Large 2541312.191,68921
Medium and Large 3567278.011,57610thin
One grade step is worth $42.49/cwt here — about $168 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 sale38 hd
304.73
—
AL average13 barns · 457 hd
308.22
−3.49
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
−24.61
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−60.81
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—Low1,464162.952,3864thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,358144.001,9563thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,218142.251,73314
CowsLean 85-90%Average970134.591,3063thin

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)—$2,7502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,4694thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,3923thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,3003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,8251thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2278440.63/cwt430.00–450.001,2252
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1293465.95/cwt460.00–472.001,3652
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326441.13/cwt435.00–450.001,4384
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3329396.81/cwt390.00–400.001,3068
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331422.30/cwt415.00–427.001,3985
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376402.67/cwt395.00–420.001,51412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380381.92/cwt380.00–385.001,4515
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415419.95/cwt418.00–422.001,7432
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433403.79/cwt392.00–416.001,7484
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3433363.56/cwt360.00–367.001,5742
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474368.50/cwt368.00–370.001,7474
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3482343.43/cwt340.00–350.001,6553
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,9271
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8022
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532357.65/cwt350.00–365.001,9036
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560356.67/cwt354.00–358.001,9973
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585336.96/cwt332.00–342.001,9712
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3626291.07/cwt287.00–298.001,8224
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633321.02/cwt320.00–322.002,0322
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680295.97/cwt292.00–300.002,0132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327395.63/cwt390.00–400.001,2943
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335358.95/cwt352.00–365.001,2023
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2343379.00/cwt375.00–382.001,3003
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363350.65/cwt345.00–355.001,2733
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377383.11/cwt378.00–390.001,4448
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378363.93/cwt362.00–368.001,3763
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422348.21/cwt347.00–350.001,4695
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438362.65/cwt357.00–370.001,5884
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468355.18/cwt348.00–362.001,6627
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482339.66/cwt336.00–345.001,63710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526321.88/cwt314.00–327.001,69315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532329.10/cwt327.00–337.001,7515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3543285.54/cwt277.00–294.001,5502
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3573276.13/cwt270.00–282.001,5828
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575299.01/cwt298.00–300.001,7192
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578287.97/cwt284.00–292.001,6646
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620289.13/cwt287.00–294.001,7936
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628279.35/cwt270.00–286.001,7543
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659281.49/cwt278.00–286.001,8554
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8602
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425362.61/cwt355.00–378.001,54115
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430336.05/cwt330.00–344.001,44512
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469353.41/cwt348.00–364.001,65718
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3476330.53/cwt325.00–332.001,57313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530333.61/cwt330.00–345.001,76811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530309.81/cwt300.00–320.001,6422
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578317.97/cwt312.00–324.001,8385
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3588292.42/cwt285.00–300.001,7193
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3613277.26/cwt272.00–280.001,7003
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2638292.82/cwt290.00–302.001,86811
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8232
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2688284.04/cwt280.00–288.001,9544
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,388151.30/cwt150.00–153.002,1002
Bulls——1,540174.59/cwt171.00–178.002,6892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970134.59/cwt133.00–136.001,3063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166145.05/cwt143.00–148.001,6918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288138.51/cwt135.00–140.001,7846
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,358144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,9563
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,750.00/head2,600.00–2,900.002,7502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,468.75/head2,225.00–2,550.002,4694
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,391.67/head2,300.00–2,500.002,3923
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,300.00/head2,250.00–2,350.002,3003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251

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.