Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-06-16

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 16
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
433 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 555▲ 41 vs year ago 392 · +10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 35▼ 69 vs year ago 89 · −77.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 45▲ 7 vs year ago 7 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6.00 to 14.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.47/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits −41.07 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$324.47
16 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.48
vs AL average
−9.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536331.421,77610thin
Medium and Large 3542312.881,6966thin
One grade step is worth $18.55/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale16 hd
324.47
—
AL average13 barns · 472 hd
326.94
−2.48
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−9.64
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−41.07
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,130176.001,9892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,190163.541,9466thin

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)—$2,9754thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6673thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,6882thin

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220679.55/cwt660.00–700.001,4952
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280496.16/cwt485.00–505.001,3894
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2292444.89/cwt435.00–455.001,2993
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320457.66/cwt445.00–465.001,4657
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327428.91/cwt415.00–435.001,4035
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3333394.81/cwt390.00–400.001,3156
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368437.30/cwt430.00–445.001,6098
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371416.13/cwt405.00–425.001,54413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3377393.38/cwt380.00–400.001,48311
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408425.99/cwt425.00–427.001,7382
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430404.45/cwt397.00–412.001,7398
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458385.64/cwt380.00–392.001,7666
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3483354.10/cwt350.00–358.001,7102
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519355.07/cwt350.00–360.001,84311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8692
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576342.24/cwt340.00–350.001,9717
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3628319.00/cwt318.00–320.002,0032
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632331.10/cwt326.00–337.002,0938
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670326.54/cwt320.00–330.002,1884
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281432.31/cwt420.00–440.001,2154
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315386.56/cwt380.00–396.001,2184
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316405.06/cwt400.00–420.001,2804
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3329372.42/cwt370.00–380.001,2256
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372382.58/cwt382.00–385.001,4235
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379376.93/cwt372.00–380.001,42914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380364.98/cwt360.00–370.001,3876
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3417342.62/cwt340.00–344.001,4293
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424356.94/cwt350.00–365.001,51314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428368.58/cwt365.00–375.001,5788
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468359.35/cwt357.00–362.001,6826
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477349.13/cwt342.00–356.001,66512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526333.03/cwt328.00–338.001,7528
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528315.07/cwt310.00–320.001,6644
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570308.49/cwt307.00–310.001,7582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8692
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7502
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627310.46/cwt307.00–315.001,9476
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675277.99/cwt276.00–280.001,8762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675264.96/cwt260.00–270.001,7882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422401.50/cwt395.00–410.001,6946
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422377.97/cwt370.00–390.001,59515
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4882
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458371.35/cwt370.00–374.001,7013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478352.48/cwt345.00–360.001,68512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529345.23/cwt335.00–354.001,82613
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578324.06/cwt320.00–328.001,8733
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622312.98/cwt310.00–318.001,94711
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3638298.54/cwt295.00–302.001,9052
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673296.02/cwt290.00–300.001,9925
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3690274.96/cwt270.00–280.001,8974
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,130176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,9892
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,172167.07/cwt165.00–169.001,9583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9333
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,975.00/head2,900.00–3,100.002,9754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,666.67/head2,600.00–2,800.002,6673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,225.00/head2,150.00–2,300.002,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,687.50/head1,675.00–1,700.001,6882

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.