Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-07-14

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 14
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
646 head
▲ 205 vs last sale 441▲ 294 vs year ago 352 · +83.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 66▼ 24 vs year ago 69 · −34.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 41▼ 25 vs year ago 53 · −47.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.59/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −45.95 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$319.59
36 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.36
vs AL average
−19.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2543323.651,75821
Medium and Large 3547313.911,71615thin
One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $42 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 sale36 hd
319.59
—
AL average16 barns · 631 hd
321.95
−2.36
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−19.15
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−45.95
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—Average1,712193.573,3145thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,392163.442,2757thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,249153.071,9127thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average960147.621,4179thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,1252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9765
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7384thin

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2268443.50/cwt430.00–450.001,1894
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272491.20/cwt480.00–500.001,3363
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332448.27/cwt435.00–455.001,4886
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335421.24/cwt410.00–430.001,4117
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335396.57/cwt390.00–400.001,3293
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3374385.68/cwt382.00–390.001,44213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375401.56/cwt395.00–410.001,50618
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383422.77/cwt417.00–427.001,6197
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425397.79/cwt390.00–405.001,6915
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470374.98/cwt370.00–380.001,7626
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531355.74/cwt350.00–360.001,8897
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3541333.96/cwt332.00–340.001,8074
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573357.30/cwt356.00–360.002,0473
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577346.87/cwt340.00–350.002,0019
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3668313.95/cwt310.00–316.002,0973
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680318.91/cwt316.00–325.002,1693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1962
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1282
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313431.82/cwt425.00–440.001,3525
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319408.82/cwt397.00–420.001,3048
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364399.22/cwt395.00–405.001,4537
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376377.32/cwt370.00–390.001,41927
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3381346.74/cwt340.00–355.001,32111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423332.01/cwt328.00–340.001,4047
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424374.20/cwt370.00–380.001,58712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438354.67/cwt348.00–360.001,55314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465359.25/cwt356.00–365.001,67117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473342.84/cwt340.00–350.001,62214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3482323.19/cwt320.00–328.001,55810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528327.22/cwt324.00–334.001,72813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528318.25/cwt308.00–322.001,6809
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568317.84/cwt315.00–322.001,8058
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575307.40/cwt300.00–312.001,7686
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627302.22/cwt297.00–310.001,8953
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420392.07/cwt390.00–397.001,64710
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426370.17/cwt360.00–380.001,57721
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3431346.01/cwt335.00–352.001,4919
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473348.98/cwt340.00–360.001,65123
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480333.99/cwt330.00–338.001,6037
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521342.77/cwt335.00–348.001,78619
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3529327.34/cwt322.00–330.001,7328
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563332.07/cwt326.00–340.001,87012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3589314.14/cwt308.00–320.001,8508
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625315.00/cwt310.00–320.001,96910
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3633301.43/cwt298.00–308.001,9086
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663304.94/cwt300.00–310.002,0224
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,1612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,385188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,6042
Bulls——1,930197.28/cwt193.00–200.003,8083
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925146.08/cwt145.00–147.001,3516
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030150.70/cwt150.00–151.001,5523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249153.07/cwt150.00–156.001,9127
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,294167.52/cwt166.00–169.002,1684
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523158.01/cwt155.00–161.002,4063
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,175.00/head2,050.00–2,300.002,1752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,125.00/head2,050.00–2,200.002,1252
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,843.33/head1,800.00–1,890.001,8433
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,737.50/head2,675.00–2,800.002,7384

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.