Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-10-20

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 20
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
405 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 446▲ 405 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 67▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 56▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $367.98/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 11 of 28 comparable sales and sits −26.08 against this barn's trailing median of $394.06.
Average price
$367.98
58 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.66
vs AL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527390.852,0608thin
Medium and Large 2545369.232,01134
Medium and Large 3537353.871,90116thin
One grade step is worth $36.98/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale58 hd
367.98
—
AL average13 barns · 423 hd
362.32
+5.66
This barn, trailing median28 sales
394.06
−26.08
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,305165.012,1532thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,218146.971,7902thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,057144.761,5294thin

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)—$2,0884thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0504thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,7502thin

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228664.73/cwt640.00–690.001,5162
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263536.65/cwt535.00–540.001,4113
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2278457.99/cwt450.00–470.001,2735
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313497.56/cwt490.00–500.001,5574
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331441.65/cwt430.00–450.001,46214
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335406.53/cwt400.00–420.001,3629
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363449.97/cwt445.00–460.001,6335
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378429.07/cwt420.00–440.001,62218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533397.95/cwt392.00–402.002,1213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558398.99/cwt396.00–402.002,2262
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578374.12/cwt370.00–382.002,1623
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3752
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628362.53/cwt358.00–370.002,2773
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678353.41/cwt350.00–357.002,3962
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235505.85/cwt485.00–525.001,1892
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235449.57/cwt440.00–460.001,0562
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258476.84/cwt470.00–490.001,2303
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2288446.75/cwt430.00–455.001,2876
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323373.40/cwt370.00–380.001,2063
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337399.94/cwt390.00–410.001,3485
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340415.94/cwt412.00–420.001,4142
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358403.30/cwt400.00–410.001,4443
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375385.81/cwt380.00–390.001,44711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3377359.96/cwt350.00–365.001,3573
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425372.26/cwt365.00–380.001,58212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427348.29/cwt340.00–355.001,4879
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473362.86/cwt355.00–370.001,71619
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519355.05/cwt350.00–362.001,84311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527367.33/cwt365.00–370.001,9363
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3543339.00/cwt338.00–340.001,8412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576343.96/cwt340.00–350.001,98110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3592326.34/cwt324.00–330.001,9323
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615336.52/cwt335.00–338.002,0702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419426.83/cwt425.00–430.001,7888
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428408.33/cwt395.00–420.001,74828
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3436375.52/cwt370.00–380.001,6374
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471399.27/cwt397.00–400.001,8818
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472387.77/cwt380.00–395.001,83026
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3488362.72/cwt362.00–365.001,7704
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523376.53/cwt367.00–385.001,96919
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527390.85/cwt390.00–395.002,0608
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530357.08/cwt350.00–365.001,89313
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568339.96/cwt335.00–345.001,9313
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572359.99/cwt355.00–367.002,05915
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2617354.70/cwt350.00–360.002,18810
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630335.08/cwt330.00–340.002,1116
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660327.48/cwt325.00–330.002,1612
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0252
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735307.48/cwt305.00–310.002,2602
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983148.99/cwt146.00–152.001,4652
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130140.52/cwt140.00–141.001,5882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218146.97/cwt145.00–149.001,7902
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,305165.01/cwt162.00–168.002,1532
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,050.00/head1,975.00–2,150.002,0504
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,975.00/head1,950.00–2,000.001,9752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,750.00/head1,600.00–1,900.001,7502

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.