Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-10-06

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 6
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 516▲ 52 vs year ago 328 · +15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 53▲ 14 vs year ago 48 · +29.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 67▲ 39 vs year ago 26 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $383.71/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 14 of 28 comparable sales and sits −10.35 against this barn's trailing median of $394.06.
Average price
$383.71
31 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,060
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+27.50
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540406.002,1923thin
Medium and Large 2536385.402,06524
Medium and Large 3541356.851,9314thin
One grade step is worth $49.15/cwt here — about $262 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
383.71
—
AL average15 barns · 510 hd
356.21
+27.50
This barn, trailing median28 sales
394.06
−10.35
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

28 sales
459411364317median 394.0603/0204/2707/1308/3111/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $444.83, low $330.65, median $394.06 across 28 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—High1,451184.872,6827thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,295167.312,1674thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,164148.341,72718
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,027132.971,36510

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)—$2,40730
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,84315
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9467

Every lot

63 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3270409.26/cwt400.00–420.001,1052
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5402
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2321429.96/cwt425.00–435.001,3806
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362458.99/cwt450.00–480.001,6629
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3400390.00/cwt380.00–400.001,5602
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410420.56/cwt410.00–425.001,7249
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6391
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9601
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505383.40/cwt380.00–390.001,9363
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520337.79/cwt330.00–345.001,7572
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1085
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3613323.54/cwt320.00–327.001,9832
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631346.10/cwt340.00–350.002,1845
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2688335.02/cwt330.00–340.002,3052
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,5271
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,4561
Steers800–850Medium and Large 3830260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1581
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3801
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,5441
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330434.29/cwt432.00–440.001,4337
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369411.67/cwt400.00–420.001,5198
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371375.02/cwt365.00–385.001,3916
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2404388.18/cwt375.00–400.001,5689
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433351.67/cwt350.00–355.001,5233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470367.15/cwt360.00–372.001,7264
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518351.69/cwt345.00–357.001,8228
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567332.48/cwt325.00–345.001,88515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,0531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625324.96/cwt320.00–330.002,0312
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2659312.83/cwt290.00–322.002,0626
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7101
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2311474.82/cwt470.00–490.001,4774
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363444.90/cwt430.00–450.001,61513
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2408428.43/cwt420.00–435.001,7489
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423387.40/cwt370.00–405.001,6392
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2464411.71/cwt405.00–425.001,9107
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7102
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529390.54/cwt377.50–400.002,06620
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,1923
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3541356.85/cwt347.50–360.001,9314
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570359.70/cwt342.50–375.002,0504
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628325.86/cwt325.00–332.002,0468
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660318.21/cwt310.00–335.002,1003
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,421182.85/cwt178.00–188.002,5986
Bulls——1,630197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,2111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%993128.95/cwt121.00–134.001,2805
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060136.98/cwt136.00–139.001,4525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138141.67/cwt140.00–143.001,6127
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,140161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,8352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169151.45/cwt147.00–158.001,77010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,1321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450173.62/cwt170.00–177.002,5172
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,444.83/head2,000.00–2,900.002,44529
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,843.33/head1,500.00–2,000.001,84315
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,858.33/head1,500.00–2,200.001,8586

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.