Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-06-02

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 2
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
384 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 488▲ 122 vs year ago 262 · +46.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 70▼ 14 vs year ago 98 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 93▲ 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher. 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 $322.17/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 6 of 30 comparable sales and sits −43.37 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$322.17
17 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,789
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.52
vs AL average
−16.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515343.021,7672thin
Medium and Large 2556321.981,79213thin
Medium and Large 3588302.531,7792thin
One grade step is worth $40.49/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale17 hd
322.17
—
AL average14 barns · 383 hd
317.65
+4.52
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−16.07
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−43.37
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—High1,693193.093,2686thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,351163.732,21220
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,126157.191,77033
CowsLean 85-90%High1,036144.411,4967thin

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)—$2,5673thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0755
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9194thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,59212

Every lot

56 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3202
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275454.91/cwt450.00–460.001,2514
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320448.57/cwt440.00–460.001,4354
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328405.01/cwt400.00–420.001,3286
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3338397.44/cwt395.00–400.001,3432
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375381.31/cwt380.00–390.001,43012
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377396.95/cwt390.00–405.001,49716
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383422.35/cwt415.00–430.001,6184
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6802
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426390.37/cwt382.00–400.001,6637
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475371.70/cwt365.00–380.001,7663
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522351.61/cwt350.00–354.001,8355
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566336.68/cwt330.00–346.001,9067
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3589324.51/cwt320.00–326.001,9114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622328.68/cwt328.00–330.002,0443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317384.84/cwt380.00–390.001,2203
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3326364.51/cwt360.00–370.001,1886
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372342.81/cwt340.00–350.001,2756
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381362.94/cwt357.00–375.001,3839
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425356.53/cwt350.00–362.001,51516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3443338.01/cwt334.00–342.001,4976
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,6722
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475325.02/cwt315.00–330.001,5447
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478344.06/cwt332.00–350.001,64519
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515343.02/cwt342.00–344.001,7672
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522328.19/cwt324.00–335.001,7135
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578318.10/cwt312.00–325.001,8398
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3588302.53/cwt300.00–305.001,7792
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631302.48/cwt298.00–305.001,9094
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635275.71/cwt270.00–284.001,7515
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427371.28/cwt360.00–385.001,58514
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428339.79/cwt335.00–345.001,4545
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433394.94/cwt392.00–397.001,7105
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475370.81/cwt365.00–377.001,7612
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478346.30/cwt340.00–354.001,65510
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3488324.59/cwt322.00–330.001,5843
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2516340.53/cwt335.00–347.001,7574
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3526314.96/cwt310.00–324.001,6574
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1557336.66/cwt334.00–338.001,8753
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3586305.94/cwt300.00–310.001,7935
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2587319.40/cwt314.00–328.001,8753
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615313.97/cwt310.00–318.001,9313
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,680185.94/cwt183.00–190.003,1242
Bulls——1,699196.66/cwt193.00–200.003,3414
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031142.78/cwt138.00–145.001,4725
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048148.47/cwt146.00–151.001,5562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110156.75/cwt154.00–159.001,74016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140162.32/cwt160.00–167.001,85011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143148.97/cwt145.00–151.001,7036
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,236169.42/cwt168.00–171.002,0945
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,389161.83/cwt159.00–165.002,24815
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,650.00/head2,600.00–2,750.002,6506
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,533.33/head2,525.00–2,550.002,5336
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,566.67/head2,450.00–2,650.002,5673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,075.00/head1,950.00–2,250.002,0755
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,918.75/head1,725.00–2,150.001,9194

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.