Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-06-23

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jun 23
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
266 head
▼ 167 vs last sale 433▼ 145 vs year ago 411 · −35.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 20▼ 49 vs year ago 84 · −58.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 14▼ 29 vs year ago 38 · −76.3%
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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 cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $349.08/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −46.82 against this barn's trailing median of $395.91.
Average price
$349.08
24 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.52
vs AL average
−20.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553355.581,9665thin
Medium and Large 2561347.371,94719thin
One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about $19 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 sale24 hd
349.08
—
AL average12 barns · 254 hd
354.60
−5.52
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
−20.50
This barn, trailing median14 sales
395.91
−46.82
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

14 sales
470424378332median 395.9103/0905/1808/0308/3110/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $455.50, low $345.73, median $395.91 across 14 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—High1,815198.623,6052thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,218164.932,0092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,150160.011,8404thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average999146.741,4659thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5173thin

Every lot

53 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2283450.04/cwt445.00–455.001,2744
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285480.18/cwt475.00–485.001,3692
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323451.43/cwt445.00–460.001,45810
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3492
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330432.46/cwt420.00–440.001,4274
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364419.24/cwt415.00–425.001,5266
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373432.55/cwt425.00–440.001,6134
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3383389.93/cwt382.00–400.001,4936
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423393.65/cwt390.00–400.001,6654
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425415.70/cwt412.00–420.001,7676
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428377.51/cwt375.00–380.001,6162
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2493364.96/cwt358.00–372.001,7992
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523362.97/cwt362.00–364.001,8982
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538355.28/cwt350.00–360.001,9118
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573350.66/cwt350.00–352.002,0093
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577341.62/cwt338.00–350.001,97111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,0882
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632339.32/cwt338.00–340.002,1453
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665319.50/cwt319.00–320.002,1252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325420.00/cwt415.00–430.001,3653
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335362.54/cwt360.00–365.001,2154
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338394.15/cwt390.00–405.001,3326
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370372.60/cwt365.00–380.001,3794
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380345.13/cwt340.00–355.001,3114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3422325.08/cwt322.00–338.001,3729
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5732
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432347.87/cwt342.00–355.001,5035
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465319.53/cwt315.00–327.001,4864
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483353.51/cwt352.00–355.001,7072
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487336.82/cwt330.00–344.001,6407
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513341.01/cwt340.00–342.001,7492
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524328.21/cwt323.00–332.001,72010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3539317.45/cwt310.00–322.001,7114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583321.88/cwt318.00–326.001,87712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2622310.36/cwt307.00–314.001,9303
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427403.93/cwt397.00–410.001,7253
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430374.66/cwt364.00–385.001,61110
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440352.47/cwt350.00–355.001,5512
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476357.69/cwt354.00–362.001,7037
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525311.15/cwt307.00–315.001,6342
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529341.76/cwt334.00–348.001,8085
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580329.90/cwt326.00–334.001,9132
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628305.50/cwt300.00–314.001,9195
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3640292.52/cwt290.00–295.001,8722
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,815198.62/cwt197.00–200.003,6052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%973140.24/cwt140.00–141.001,3654
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013155.15/cwt152.00–158.001,5723
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028147.14/cwt145.00–149.001,5132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145168.01/cwt167.00–169.001,9242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,7562
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,218164.93/cwt163.00–167.002,0092
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,516.67/head2,400.00–2,650.002,5173

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.