Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-08-04

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 4
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
437 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 416▲ 14 vs year ago 423 · +3.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 43▼ 65 vs year ago 101 · −64.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 105▼ 1 vs year ago 50 · −2.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.07/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits −35.47 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$330.07
48 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
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 1531344.051,82811thin
Medium and Large 2558329.451,83926
Medium and Large 3553317.551,75811thin
One grade step is worth $26.50/cwt here — about $71 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 sale48 hd
330.07
—
AL average15 barns · 576 hd
329.77
+0.30
National average149 barns · 9,537 hd
350.57
−20.50
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−35.47
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—High1,737202.033,5109thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,318178.282,3508thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,158170.051,9698thin

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)—$3,3147
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,9134thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,8634thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,4423thin

Every lot

62 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 2276494.93/cwt480.00–500.001,3664
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3002
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330503.60/cwt497.00–510.001,6622
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335427.46/cwt425.00–430.001,4322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3374394.00/cwt385.00–405.001,47410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376450.70/cwt440.00–470.001,69513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2387431.10/cwt425.00–435.001,6685
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417449.21/cwt440.00–455.001,8735
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8052
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,9402
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519393.27/cwt386.00–400.002,0414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536370.80/cwt368.00–374.001,98710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572358.39/cwt358.00–360.002,0505
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573367.99/cwt366.00–370.002,1099
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3573342.91/cwt336.00–350.001,9652
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627351.32/cwt350.00–354.002,2033
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630342.88/cwt340.00–348.002,1609
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680327.76/cwt325.00–330.002,2294
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2729321.49/cwt320.00–326.002,3448
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318440.04/cwt435.00–445.001,3992
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330415.17/cwt407.00–420.001,3704
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3366367.47/cwt360.00–370.001,3458
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375383.24/cwt378.00–395.001,43710
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377403.87/cwt400.00–420.001,5235
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421382.18/cwt378.00–386.001,6099
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425365.05/cwt360.00–374.001,55115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435344.89/cwt340.00–350.001,5004
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469368.57/cwt366.00–375.001,7298
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474353.23/cwt348.00–360.001,6749
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475338.71/cwt335.00–340.001,6094
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524344.84/cwt340.00–350.001,8079
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528320.62/cwt315.00–328.001,6936
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534334.22/cwt329.00–340.001,78512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565340.50/cwt340.00–341.001,9242
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579325.36/cwt322.00–332.001,88414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3584313.87/cwt305.00–318.001,8335
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,0752
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633319.98/cwt318.00–322.002,0253
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424406.98/cwt405.00–415.001,7265
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426393.14/cwt375.00–400.001,67510
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4792
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474371.10/cwt366.00–384.001,75917
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3481341.51/cwt337.00–345.001,6437
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7855
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527352.03/cwt344.00–360.001,85518
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2571336.86/cwt333.00–343.001,92316
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3574322.61/cwt319.00–326.001,8527
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3614312.34/cwt310.00–318.001,9187
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623321.73/cwt318.00–332.002,00410
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678310.04/cwt300.00–320.002,1022
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718298.57/cwt290.00–303.002,1445
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3723260.98/cwt260.00–262.001,8872
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,668196.66/cwt192.00–200.003,2804
Bulls——1,793206.32/cwt201.00–209.003,6995
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,127167.69/cwt167.00–169.001,8905
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210173.98/cwt173.00–175.002,1053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,301180.24/cwt178.00–182.002,3455
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,347175.01/cwt174.00–176.002,3573
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,314.29/head3,100.00–3,500.003,3147
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,912.50/head2,850.00–3,000.002,9134
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,862.50/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8634
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,441.67/head2,200.00–2,575.002,4423

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.