Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-09-08

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 8
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
438 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 296▼ 129 vs year ago 567 · −22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 39▼ 72 vs year ago 106 · −67.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 47▲ 78 vs year ago 28 · +278.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $390.20/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −5.70 against this barn's trailing median of $395.91.
Average price
$390.20
22 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.99
vs AL average
−23.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561395.802,22113thin
Medium and Large 2545382.122,0819thin
One grade step is worth $13.68/cwt here — about $140 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
390.20
—
AL average15 barns · 357 hd
394.20
−3.99
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−23.32
This barn, trailing median14 sales
395.91
−5.70
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

14 sales
470424378332median 395.9103/0905/1808/0308/3110/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $455.50, low $345.73, median $395.91 across 14 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—High1,459190.912,7867thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,207163.801,9785thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low962153.121,47211

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)—$3,70911
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,28618
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,5503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,53416
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,56712

Every lot

64 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230633.04/cwt620.00–640.001,4563
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1269557.73/cwt550.00–570.001,5005
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322526.34/cwt515.00–535.001,6959
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378446.56/cwt435.00–455.001,6886
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378422.75/cwt415.00–430.001,5984
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384472.86/cwt465.00–480.001,8169
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428439.35/cwt430.00–445.001,8809
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434462.22/cwt455.00–470.002,0069
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466442.93/cwt435.00–450.002,06410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475376.95/cwt370.00–390.001,7913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477418.72/cwt410.00–430.001,9979
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523390.88/cwt385.00–396.002,0446
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528415.91/cwt410.00–420.002,1965
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582383.23/cwt375.00–390.002,2308
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588364.61/cwt362.00–370.002,1443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628369.42/cwt368.00–370.002,3207
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638362.68/cwt360.00–366.002,3149
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,4843
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2677355.89/cwt350.00–360.002,4095
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2716344.79/cwt340.00–350.002,4696
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280566.90/cwt560.00–580.001,5873
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3005
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337450.35/cwt440.00–460.001,51813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378394.18/cwt380.00–400.001,4907
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386427.67/cwt415.00–440.001,65111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425410.65/cwt397.00–430.001,74510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430355.86/cwt352.00–360.001,5304
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437386.11/cwt380.00–390.001,6875
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461385.22/cwt380.00–390.001,7768
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480363.73/cwt356.00–370.001,74615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518371.36/cwt367.00–377.001,9247
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529358.30/cwt350.00–362.001,89514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570359.27/cwt357.00–360.002,0484
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3576326.04/cwt320.00–330.001,8785
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577344.91/cwt340.00–350.001,99012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625332.98/cwt330.00–334.002,0814
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423384.49/cwt380.00–392.001,6265
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429427.13/cwt417.00–435.001,83215
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1436444.37/cwt440.00–450.001,9377
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473414.96/cwt410.00–425.001,9633
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473380.66/cwt380.00–382.001,8013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486398.32/cwt392.00–405.001,93615
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519376.48/cwt365.00–385.001,95410
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521393.41/cwt390.00–402.002,0507
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525347.50/cwt345.00–350.001,8244
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2571354.45/cwt350.00–360.002,02410
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575334.91/cwt330.00–340.001,9266
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630343.92/cwt337.00–350.002,1675
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3633318.46/cwt315.00–322.002,0164
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,125175.91/cwt172.00–180.001,9792
Bulls——1,432193.16/cwt187.00–198.002,7663
Bulls——1,835202.54/cwt202.00–203.003,7172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%919146.00/cwt145.00–147.001,3424
Cows—Lean 85-90%986157.19/cwt154.00–160.001,5507
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,043169.49/cwt168.00–171.001,7682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,1073
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,709.09/head3,500.00–4,000.003,70911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,371.88/head3,100.00–3,550.003,37216
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,670.00/head2,550.00–2,950.002,67010
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,600.00/head2,550.00–2,650.002,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,550.00/head2,450.00–2,600.002,5503
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,308.33/head2,200.00–2,400.002,3086
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,866.67/head3,850.00–3,900.003,8676
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,266.67/head3,200.00–3,325.003,2676

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.