Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-06-09

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 9
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
555 head
▲ 171 vs last sale 384▲ 304 vs year ago 251 · +121.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 84▼ 20 vs year ago 55 · −36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 34▲ 20 vs year ago 25 · +80.0%
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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 steers and bulls sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.39/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits −37.15 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$328.39
37 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.38
vs AL average
−12.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542336.291,82112thin
Medium and Large 2550325.601,79123
Medium and Large 3540313.031,6902thin
One grade step is worth $23.26/cwt here — about $131 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 sale37 hd
328.39
—
AL average13 barns · 486 hd
318.01
+10.38
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−12.53
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−37.15
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—Average1,587181.452,8803thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,314162.532,13511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,134155.551,76419
CowsLean 85-90%High1,040149.461,5542thin

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)—$2,9003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5509
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,4503thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218592.24/cwt585.00–600.001,2912
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280458.59/cwt450.00–465.001,2844
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1282478.08/cwt470.00–485.001,3483
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322440.79/cwt430.00–445.001,4196
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325459.13/cwt450.00–465.001,49211
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3002
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379404.46/cwt400.00–415.001,5338
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380388.08/cwt380.00–395.001,4755
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381445.30/cwt437.00–450.001,6975
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423413.31/cwt410.00–420.001,7483
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431398.82/cwt396.00–400.001,7197
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471384.14/cwt380.00–390.001,8096
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475397.57/cwt396.00–400.001,8885
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508382.65/cwt380.00–388.001,9443
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,7643
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529352.28/cwt346.00–360.001,86413
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571342.47/cwt338.00–350.001,9568
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8982
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620341.61/cwt340.00–344.002,1185
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626329.76/cwt327.00–332.002,0649
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670312.56/cwt310.00–320.002,0944
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1266422.80/cwt415.00–430.001,1259
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328403.57/cwt400.00–410.001,3244
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330362.39/cwt355.00–370.001,1962
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333389.04/cwt385.00–395.001,2966
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383388.56/cwt380.00–397.001,4882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385360.47/cwt355.00–370.001,3886
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414366.96/cwt362.00–375.001,5197
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4454
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428353.75/cwt350.00–360.001,51420
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472343.38/cwt338.00–350.001,62126
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5683
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516341.78/cwt338.00–352.001,7646
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532328.52/cwt322.00–334.001,74814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540313.03/cwt310.00–316.001,6902
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567330.79/cwt328.00–337.001,8766
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578321.07/cwt318.00–325.001,8569
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622319.98/cwt318.00–324.001,9903
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2728265.02/cwt260.00–270.001,9292
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2768257.01/cwt256.00–258.001,9742
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423406.23/cwt400.00–420.001,7188
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3432338.63/cwt336.00–340.001,4633
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435380.02/cwt366.00–390.001,65311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463369.51/cwt367.00–372.001,7112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476355.49/cwt346.00–365.001,69212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480330.40/cwt325.00–336.001,5867
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6803
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526338.91/cwt332.00–345.001,7838
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569329.07/cwt320.00–338.001,8726
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3583311.95/cwt308.00–316.001,8192
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628313.55/cwt310.00–317.001,9697
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670297.31/cwt296.00–300.001,9923
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,0882
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,587181.45/cwt177.00–183.002,8803
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040149.46/cwt149.00–150.001,5542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,126164.14/cwt163.00–165.001,8486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138153.29/cwt152.00–156.001,7449
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138147.77/cwt145.00–151.001,6824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,238162.85/cwt159.00–167.002,0166
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,302170.21/cwt169.00–171.002,2163
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,558150.07/cwt148.00–152.002,3382
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,900.00/head2,850.00–2,950.002,9003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,775.00/head2,600.00–2,950.002,7756
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,450.00/head2,350.00–2,600.002,4503
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,100.00/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1003

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.