Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-09-15

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 15
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
362 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 438▼ 41 vs year ago 403 · −10.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 34▼ 11 vs year ago 45 · −24.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 106▲ 36 vs year ago 20 · +180.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 10.00 to 11.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $346.99/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 12 of 30 comparable sales and sits −18.54 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$346.99
23 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,859
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.53
vs AL average
−12.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536351.471,88318thin
Medium and Large 3536330.861,7735thin
One grade step is worth $20.61/cwt here — about $109 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 sale23 hd
346.99
—
AL average15 barns · 645 hd
351.52
−4.53
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−12.67
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−18.54
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—High1,446184.452,6678thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,307167.272,1878thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,181157.561,8609thin

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)—$3,0833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7077
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,0577
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,8388
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,8388

Every lot

68 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,2833
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2231552.27/cwt540.00–560.001,2764
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3752
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1279552.47/cwt550.00–560.001,5414
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325516.69/cwt500.00–540.001,6799
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2336469.97/cwt460.00–480.001,5795
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373401.63/cwt400.00–410.001,4986
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374470.58/cwt460.00–480.001,7609
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376439.99/cwt430.00–450.001,65417
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413443.75/cwt432.00–452.001,8336
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474421.86/cwt415.00–430.002,0007
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478407.59/cwt400.00–415.001,9488
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3513372.51/cwt370.00–375.001,9112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520398.54/cwt397.00–400.002,0724
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532403.97/cwt402.00–405.002,1493
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578383.91/cwt380.00–392.002,2193
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588372.65/cwt370.00–378.002,1916
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622375.99/cwt375.00–378.002,3393
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638351.96/cwt350.00–356.002,2463
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675331.02/cwt330.00–332.002,2342
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678337.90/cwt334.00–342.002,2912
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3773319.00/cwt317.00–320.002,4663
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218503.13/cwt500.00–510.001,0973
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263493.54/cwt490.00–500.001,2983
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320435.23/cwt430.00–440.001,3934
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328474.43/cwt465.00–485.001,55610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366459.91/cwt450.00–470.001,6839
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3369379.93/cwt375.00–385.001,4025
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383415.10/cwt410.00–420.001,5905
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418420.84/cwt410.00–430.001,7596
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423385.00/cwt380.00–400.001,6298
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3424356.13/cwt350.00–370.001,5105
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466387.17/cwt385.00–390.001,8045
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3472335.97/cwt330.00–350.001,5865
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484366.51/cwt360.00–377.001,77410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515354.68/cwt345.00–360.001,82712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3536330.86/cwt320.00–340.001,7735
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577345.06/cwt340.00–350.001,9916
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3618316.58/cwt310.00–320.001,9566
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619333.49/cwt330.00–340.002,0644
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680304.96/cwt300.00–310.002,0744
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423401.48/cwt390.00–415.001,6984
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424430.73/cwt422.00–445.001,82616
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428373.46/cwt370.00–380.001,5983
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475386.93/cwt380.00–400.001,83816
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3488355.08/cwt350.00–360.001,7334
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515395.68/cwt395.00–397.002,0383
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526378.43/cwt365.00–390.001,99114
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3563341.66/cwt340.00–345.001,9243
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572360.99/cwt352.00–372.002,0657
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629338.43/cwt336.00–342.002,1299
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3645317.67/cwt314.00–325.002,0493
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725319.33/cwt318.00–320.002,3153
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,325172.08/cwt170.00–174.002,2802
Bulls——1,345182.61/cwt182.00–184.002,4563
Bulls——1,628194.54/cwt191.00–196.003,1673
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,147158.70/cwt157.00–160.001,8203
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150167.55/cwt166.00–169.001,9272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221151.72/cwt150.00–154.001,8534
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,289169.05/cwt168.00–171.002,1795
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338164.30/cwt163.00–165.002,1983
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,083.33/head2,900.00–3,300.003,0833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,707.14/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7077
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,110.00/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1105
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,925.00/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,150.00/head3,000.00–3,300.003,1504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,837.50/head2,650.00–3,050.002,8388
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,525.00/head2,500.00–2,550.002,5254

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.