Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-10-13

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 13
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
446 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 380▲ 157 vs year ago 289 · +54.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 62▲ 29 vs year ago 38 · +76.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 65▲ 48 vs year ago 8 · +600.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.69/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 12 of 30 comparable sales and sits −21.84 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$343.69
42 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,868
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.24
vs AL average
−54.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532355.631,89211thin
Medium and Large 2549341.221,87327
Medium and Large 3538327.531,7624thin
One grade step is worth $28.10/cwt here — about $130 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 sale42 hd
343.69
—
AL average13 barns · 439 hd
334.45
+9.24
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−54.17
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−21.84
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—Average1,660183.693,0493thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,368162.862,2276thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,177152.051,79015
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,016144.401,46717

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)—$2,6705
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,2426
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,2217
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,8305
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,1004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,3888

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 1230662.72/cwt630.00–700.001,5242
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2244507.38/cwt500.00–530.001,2384
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270517.36/cwt510.00–525.001,3972
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280492.10/cwt485.00–500.001,3782
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325471.16/cwt460.00–500.001,5317
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325406.46/cwt400.00–420.001,3213
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326432.24/cwt425.00–445.001,4094
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372422.47/cwt417.00–430.001,5723
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3381390.79/cwt385.00–400.001,4898
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386445.83/cwt435.00–465.001,7219
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428438.64/cwt435.00–442.001,8772
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431408.38/cwt400.00–420.001,7607
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476403.34/cwt395.00–415.001,9206
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479417.92/cwt415.00–422.002,0024
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527408.46/cwt405.00–412.002,1536
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534394.27/cwt385.00–400.002,10517
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572395.87/cwt390.00–400.002,2645
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576373.81/cwt367.00–382.002,15311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608376.01/cwt374.00–378.002,2862
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283444.78/cwt440.00–450.001,2594
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2308397.56/cwt390.00–405.001,2244
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328377.52/cwt375.00–380.001,2382
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380387.64/cwt380.00–400.001,47313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385337.90/cwt280.00–370.001,3013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425376.99/cwt367.00–385.001,60213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425351.43/cwt350.00–360.001,4947
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468335.75/cwt330.00–340.001,5716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475354.97/cwt350.00–362.001,68610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478376.84/cwt372.00–382.001,8016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513358.69/cwt355.00–365.001,8407
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524344.84/cwt338.00–350.001,80716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538327.53/cwt325.00–330.001,7624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565350.28/cwt347.00–354.001,9794
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585335.96/cwt327.00–340.001,96511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624324.45/cwt317.00–330.002,02519
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625301.07/cwt292.00–310.001,8824
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675307.28/cwt300.00–320.002,0745
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,9861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433407.33/cwt395.00–415.001,76414
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435424.56/cwt420.00–430.001,8476
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475354.36/cwt350.00–370.001,6838
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481386.98/cwt375.00–400.001,86110
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525375.49/cwt367.00–384.001,97116
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3527360.68/cwt360.00–362.001,9013
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573361.13/cwt350.00–370.002,06917
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615322.41/cwt320.00–327.001,9833
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623343.00/cwt337.00–350.002,13712
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668327.29/cwt325.00–332.002,1863
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,660183.69/cwt182.00–185.003,0493
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%946140.49/cwt137.00–143.001,3298
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078147.87/cwt145.00–150.001,5949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,149147.47/cwt145.00–150.001,6948
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209157.29/cwt155.00–160.001,9027
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,262160.02/cwt159.00–161.002,0193
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473165.70/cwt165.00–166.002,4413
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,687.50/head2,350.00–3,200.002,6884
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,450.00/head2,200.00–2,700.002,4504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,221.43/head1,900.00–2,500.002,2217
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,830.00/head1,650.00–2,100.001,8305
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,825.00/head1,800.00–1,850.001,8252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,387.50/head2,200.00–2,650.002,3888

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.