Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-09-22

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 22
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
463 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 362▲ 166 vs year ago 297 · +55.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 34▲ 14 vs year ago 44 · +31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 56▲ 40 vs year ago 17 · +235.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 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 $349.58/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 14 of 30 comparable sales and sits −15.95 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$349.58
36 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.31
vs AL average
−16.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548365.802,0045thin
Medium and Large 2553348.911,92927
Medium and Large 3533333.871,7804thin
One grade step is worth $31.93/cwt here — about $224 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 sale36 hd
349.58
—
AL average14 barns · 650 hd
338.27
+11.31
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−16.27
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−15.95
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—Low1,355175.572,3795thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,101159.181,7535thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,402158.342,2217thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,007142.721,43820

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)—$2,8176
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,5252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,3752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,3258
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,2676

Every lot

67 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1262535.00/cwt530.00–550.001,4026
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2277497.87/cwt495.00–500.001,3795
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326508.82/cwt500.00–535.001,6596
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331444.11/cwt430.00–460.001,4705
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381441.81/cwt435.00–450.001,6838
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386458.02/cwt455.00–470.001,7688
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3422393.28/cwt390.00–400.001,6603
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427444.70/cwt435.00–460.001,89916
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443423.69/cwt420.00–435.001,8774
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy465450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473435.50/cwt430.00–445.002,0607
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3478381.66/cwt380.00–385.001,8243
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482409.55/cwt400.00–420.001,97411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522412.84/cwt405.00–425.002,15511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538394.17/cwt390.00–400.002,1218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565399.81/cwt397.00–405.002,2596
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572380.57/cwt370.00–387.002,17710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,0242
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621356.04/cwt350.00–360.002,2115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,3252
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730303.38/cwt300.00–310.002,2153
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268442.62/cwt440.00–445.001,1862
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,2792
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318396.39/cwt390.00–410.001,2613
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy323485.04/cwt480.00–490.001,5672
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323432.33/cwt425.00–440.001,3962
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328452.42/cwt445.00–460.001,48410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374404.17/cwt395.00–410.001,5129
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379425.86/cwt415.00–440.001,61416
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3388381.65/cwt380.00–385.001,4813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3421355.45/cwt347.00–360.001,4964
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427403.73/cwt390.00–410.001,72413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430373.79/cwt367.00–380.001,60712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469379.83/cwt375.00–385.001,7817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3472348.52/cwt345.00–350.001,6457
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484363.15/cwt355.00–370.001,75810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,9222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533352.88/cwt350.00–357.001,88116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533333.87/cwt325.00–340.001,7804
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563365.67/cwt362.00–370.002,0593
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582343.13/cwt340.00–350.001,99711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2637337.29/cwt330.00–342.002,1495
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2666313.69/cwt310.00–325.002,0894
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5733
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427399.29/cwt395.00–410.001,7057
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433432.56/cwt425.00–445.001,87315
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467408.29/cwt405.00–410.001,9073
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474389.85/cwt380.00–402.001,84817
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475366.11/cwt360.00–370.001,7399
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523375.60/cwt370.00–387.001,96415
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8384
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2571352.48/cwt350.00–362.002,0138
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3583345.99/cwt345.00–347.002,0172
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675323.82/cwt318.00–330.002,1862
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740300.99/cwt300.00–302.002,2272
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,225170.65/cwt169.00–172.002,0902
Bulls——1,442178.85/cwt177.00–180.002,5793
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005141.43/cwt138.00–145.001,42117
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5303
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101159.18/cwt157.00–160.001,7535
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355161.74/cwt160.00–165.002,1923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,438155.79/cwt154.00–159.002,2404
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,816.67/head2,700.00–3,100.002,8176
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,525.00/head2,350.00–2,700.002,5252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,375.00/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,325.00/head2,000.00–2,600.002,3258
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,266.67/head3,150.00–3,350.003,2676

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.