Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-07-07

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 7
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
441 head
▲ 175 vs last sale 266▲ 61 vs year ago 380 · +16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 35▲ 12 vs year ago 54 · +22.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 9▲ 41 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 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.71/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits −36.82 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$328.71
26 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.12
vs AL average
−12.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528339.451,7924thin
Medium and Large 2534330.591,76618thin
Medium and Large 3542309.531,6764thin
One grade step is worth $29.92/cwt here — about $116 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 sale26 hd
328.71
—
AL average5 barns · 194 hd
323.59
+5.12
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−12.82
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−36.82
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

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—Average1,938185.943,6042thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,384172.272,38521
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,201164.521,97514
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,016141.841,4415thin

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)—$2,3086
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,1634thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,00818

Every lot

57 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1227522.29/cwt515.00–530.001,1865
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283497.50/cwt485.00–510.001,4088
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323462.14/cwt450.00–470.001,4935
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323396.62/cwt390.00–405.001,2813
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335427.92/cwt415.00–440.001,43410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3374386.66/cwt380.00–395.001,4465
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376410.30/cwt400.00–420.001,54312
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378428.89/cwt425.00–435.001,6215
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410427.53/cwt425.00–430.001,7532
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482366.03/cwt365.00–368.001,7643
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523374.01/cwt372.00–375.001,9563
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533357.16/cwt350.00–365.001,9044
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1279439.27/cwt435.00–450.001,2266
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280417.37/cwt415.00–420.001,1692
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316424.25/cwt415.00–435.001,3416
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327399.98/cwt395.00–405.001,3085
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378346.20/cwt340.00–350.001,3096
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379386.98/cwt385.00–395.001,4675
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382375.55/cwt365.00–390.001,43513
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422375.15/cwt370.00–387.001,58311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430360.99/cwt348.00–368.001,55215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430328.38/cwt325.00–332.001,4122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468363.49/cwt362.00–365.001,7018
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474325.24/cwt320.00–330.001,5427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480338.88/cwt332.00–348.001,62723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523332.36/cwt327.00–336.001,73814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525316.56/cwt315.00–318.001,6622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528339.45/cwt338.00–342.001,7924
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3558302.51/cwt300.00–305.001,6882
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574324.39/cwt314.00–330.001,8624
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621313.80/cwt309.00–320.001,9496
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420395.91/cwt392.00–400.001,6634
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432369.94/cwt360.00–385.001,59813
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435342.73/cwt340.00–348.001,4913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473354.87/cwt350.00–365.001,67913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478333.17/cwt330.00–340.001,5933
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521357.53/cwt352.00–362.001,8634
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528341.97/cwt334.00–348.001,80614
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567323.60/cwt320.00–332.001,8355
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3593310.49/cwt307.00–314.001,8412
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2614310.38/cwt308.00–316.001,9065
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663300.35/cwt296.00–306.001,9915
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675291.37/cwt290.00–294.001,9673
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,938185.94/cwt182.00–189.003,6042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940138.44/cwt137.00–140.001,3012
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067144.11/cwt142.00–147.001,5383
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158158.47/cwt158.00–159.001,8352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173168.51/cwt168.00–170.001,9774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225164.03/cwt162.00–167.002,0098
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320177.25/cwt175.00–180.002,34010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,436170.01/cwt169.00–174.002,4417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,454163.80/cwt160.00–166.002,3824
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,008.33/head2,850.00–3,250.003,00818
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,550.00/head2,400.00–2,650.002,5504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,162.50/head2,050.00–2,300.002,1634
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,825.00/head1,700.00–1,950.001,8252

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.