Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-07-21

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jul 21
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
476 head
▼ 170 vs last sale 646▼ 55 vs year ago 531 · −10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 45▲ 1 vs year ago 60 · +1.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 28▲ 46 vs year ago 37 · +124.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady with instances 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.24/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits −36.30 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$329.24
22 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,774
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.21
vs AL average
−10.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519342.391,7775thin
Medium and Large 2545325.371,77217thin
One grade step is worth $17.02/cwt here — about $5 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 sale22 hd
329.24
—
AL average16 barns · 631 hd
322.03
+7.21
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−10.94
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−36.30
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—Low1,625185.363,01310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,380165.182,27920
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,210156.041,88811
CowsLean 85-90%Average976150.571,4706thin

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)—$2,8882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,71810
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,71118
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,53117
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,26010
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,7258

Every lot

60 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 1273497.39/cwt495.00–500.001,3584
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2334428.39/cwt425.00–430.001,4319
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335406.18/cwt400.00–410.001,3615
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340439.93/cwt435.00–445.001,4964
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379428.53/cwt425.00–430.001,6247
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382409.83/cwt400.00–420.001,5666
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390381.67/cwt380.00–385.001,4893
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428410.75/cwt406.00–417.001,7584
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430389.11/cwt380.00–402.001,6735
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464363.46/cwt360.00–372.001,6867
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3478345.38/cwt340.00–350.001,6516
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529355.33/cwt350.00–360.001,88010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8482
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571347.50/cwt342.00–354.001,9845
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620317.50/cwt310.00–320.001,9694
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635330.68/cwt330.00–332.002,1003
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319429.32/cwt420.00–435.001,3707
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2032
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333395.86/cwt390.00–400.001,3185
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362390.58/cwt386.00–400.001,4143
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383372.79/cwt365.00–380.001,42813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421377.19/cwt372.00–388.001,5885
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434360.40/cwt350.00–368.001,56416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3436332.35/cwt330.00–340.001,4494
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458359.97/cwt356.00–368.001,6493
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473342.49/cwt336.00–350.001,62021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475326.25/cwt320.00–330.001,5508
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519342.39/cwt338.00–348.001,7775
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524331.59/cwt328.00–334.001,73810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574316.48/cwt310.00–324.001,8177
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3613283.99/cwt282.00–288.001,7414
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630309.63/cwt307.00–312.001,9516
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660299.02/cwt296.00–302.001,9742
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688277.03/cwt274.00–280.001,9062
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418393.23/cwt390.00–400.001,6443
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431367.98/cwt360.00–380.001,5868
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438348.98/cwt348.00–350.001,5292
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470326.74/cwt325.00–330.001,5363
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479353.83/cwt344.00–360.001,6959
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3522321.97/cwt318.00–326.001,6816
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532339.36/cwt332.00–346.001,80512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568327.64/cwt324.00–334.001,8616
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573312.31/cwt307.00–318.001,7908
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3628293.98/cwt290.00–300.001,8465
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632312.36/cwt310.00–319.001,9749
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678291.33/cwt284.00–298.001,9756
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,320178.53/cwt178.00–179.002,3572
Bulls——1,688189.08/cwt188.00–190.003,1923
Bulls——1,710185.85/cwt182.00–188.003,1785
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%976150.57/cwt148.00–153.001,4706
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185161.01/cwt159.00–163.001,9084
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224153.20/cwt151.00–155.001,8757
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338160.79/cwt157.00–163.002,1516
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,398167.06/cwt164.00–170.002,33514
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,887.50/head2,875.00–2,900.002,8882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,717.50/head2,600.00–2,850.002,71810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,711.11/head2,625.00–2,825.002,71118
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,530.88/head2,400.00–2,675.002,53117
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,260.00/head3,200.00–3,400.003,26010
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,725.00/head2,650.00–2,800.002,7258

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.