Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-08-25

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 25
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 332▼ 299 vs year ago 595 · −50.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 66▼ 53 vs year ago 92 · −57.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 41▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.86/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 12 of 30 comparable sales and sits −22.67 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$342.86
15 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.80
vs AL average
−26.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523363.991,9042thin
Medium and Large 2552339.611,87513thin
One grade step is worth $24.38/cwt here — about $29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale15 hd
342.86
—
AL average16 barns · 571 hd
337.06
+5.80
National average160 barns · 10,603 hd
369.81
−26.95
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−22.67
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—High1,470200.002,9402thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,220175.652,1432thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,236165.722,04813
CowsLean 85-90%High1,010157.771,59312

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)—$3,3833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,5805
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,4173thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,07311
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,1138

Every lot

50 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3752
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280557.10/cwt550.00–570.001,5604
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321510.37/cwt500.00–540.001,6387
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331444.03/cwt440.00–455.001,4709
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376496.51/cwt490.00–510.001,8679
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381454.01/cwt445.00–470.001,7309
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435443.53/cwt442.00–445.001,9292
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464431.81/cwt430.00–435.002,0045
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615364.48/cwt362.00–368.002,2424
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3618329.65/cwt327.00–332.002,0373
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2682336.55/cwt330.00–346.002,2955
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3272403.37/cwt400.00–410.001,0973
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278473.17/cwt460.00–500.001,3153
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283433.75/cwt425.00–440.001,2285
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325422.35/cwt410.00–430.001,3734
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369421.38/cwt415.00–430.001,55515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383407.09/cwt400.00–410.001,5597
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427391.86/cwt387.00–400.001,6738
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438370.03/cwt367.00–372.001,6218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469340.52/cwt332.00–345.001,5978
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477372.17/cwt370.00–377.001,7755
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477358.66/cwt350.00–365.001,7119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523363.99/cwt362.00–366.001,9042
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523344.82/cwt338.00–350.001,8036
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577335.15/cwt330.00–340.001,9347
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623326.49/cwt322.00–332.002,0344
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423436.74/cwt430.00–450.001,84711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427401.66/cwt380.00–410.001,71512
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475404.04/cwt397.00–420.001,9194
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481376.85/cwt370.00–385.001,8135
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3522335.29/cwt332.00–342.001,7503
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523376.39/cwt372.00–385.001,9693
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529360.83/cwt358.00–365.001,9097
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585355.93/cwt354.00–360.002,0823
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632337.04/cwt335.00–338.002,1303
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3633313.57/cwt310.00–318.001,9854
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,470200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,9402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%947150.29/cwt149.00–152.001,4233
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010155.77/cwt154.00–159.001,5733
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,041162.50/cwt160.00–164.001,6926
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,220175.65/cwt174.00–177.002,1432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224162.67/cwt160.00–165.001,9918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254170.61/cwt170.00–172.002,1395
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,112.50/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1138
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,383.33/head3,000.00–3,650.003,3833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,766.67/head2,500.00–2,900.002,7673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,416.67/head2,250.00–2,600.002,4173
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,300.00/head2,200.00–2,400.002,3002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,088.89/head2,000.00–2,200.002,0899
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002

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.