Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-09-29

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Sep 29
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
516 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 463▲ 210 vs year ago 306 · +68.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 58▲ 30 vs year ago 23 · +130.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 57▲ 52 vs year ago 15 · +346.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.03/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −31.51 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$334.03
31 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.29
vs AL average
−34.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2540339.601,83315thin
Medium and Large 3546328.801,79616thin
One grade step is worth $10.80/cwt here — about $37 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 sale31 hd
334.03
—
AL average16 barns · 637 hd
340.32
−6.29
National average182 barns · 13,299 hd
368.91
−34.88
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−31.51
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—Low1,545180.742,7929thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,513159.292,4103thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,299152.781,98511
CowsLean 85-90%Low971139.641,3565thin

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)—$2,7437
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6449
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,52512
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,2884thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,8754thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,0504thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275549.27/cwt540.00–560.001,5104
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2288511.82/cwt500.00–520.001,4746
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2321456.26/cwt440.00–470.001,46512
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3326412.53/cwt410.00–420.001,3454
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338479.89/cwt475.00–485.001,6224
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373456.64/cwt450.00–465.001,7039
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373429.27/cwt420.00–445.001,60122
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3381406.06/cwt400.00–410.001,5475
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6152
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510419.43/cwt412.00–427.002,1392
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512383.42/cwt380.00–390.001,9633
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535366.04/cwt362.00–370.001,9584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580370.80/cwt365.00–380.002,1515
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625355.06/cwt350.00–365.002,2195
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665342.98/cwt342.00–345.002,2813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1942
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275471.58/cwt465.00–480.001,2973
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316457.12/cwt450.00–465.001,4445
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333409.95/cwt400.00–420.001,3656
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373376.54/cwt365.00–385.001,4046
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382389.84/cwt387.00–395.001,4895
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418405.09/cwt400.00–410.001,6932
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419375.71/cwt370.00–380.001,57414
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428353.56/cwt350.00–360.001,5137
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469336.67/cwt330.00–345.001,5799
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483358.37/cwt355.00–362.001,7315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523345.51/cwt342.00–350.001,8078
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3529330.32/cwt320.00–340.001,74710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559332.84/cwt330.00–340.001,8617
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575326.27/cwt320.00–330.001,8766
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3617312.65/cwt310.00–320.001,9298
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621328.13/cwt325.00–332.002,0387
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423405.67/cwt390.00–415.001,7168
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3424374.87/cwt360.00–380.001,5894
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430435.41/cwt425.00–450.001,87210
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9952
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481376.48/cwt370.00–400.001,8116
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485355.84/cwt350.00–360.001,7266
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526367.32/cwt358.00–375.001,93214
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3533332.51/cwt330.00–335.001,7722
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575346.76/cwt340.00–355.001,99414
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575326.83/cwt322.00–332.001,8792
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632337.32/cwt335.00–340.002,1326
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3668297.47/cwt295.00–300.001,9872
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,450172.65/cwt170.00–178.002,5033
Bulls——1,592184.79/cwt182.00–189.002,9426
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%971139.64/cwt138.00–141.001,3565
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247156.07/cwt155.00–158.001,9463
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,319151.54/cwt148.00–154.001,9998
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513159.29/cwt158.00–160.002,4103
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,960.00/head2,900.00–3,000.002,9605
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,742.86/head2,650.00–2,950.002,7437
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,525.00/head2,400.00–2,700.002,52512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,287.50/head2,100.00–2,400.002,2884
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,250.00/head2,100.00–2,450.002,2504
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,875.00/head2,750.00–3,000.002,8754
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,050.00/head1,900.00–2,200.002,0504

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.