Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-10-27

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Oct 27
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
457 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 405▲ 40 vs year ago 417 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 27▲ 5 vs year ago 51 · +9.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 27▲ 22 vs year ago 10 · +220.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.41/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −52.12 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$313.41
66 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.72
vs AL average
−61.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2537324.431,74328
Medium and Large 3554305.291,69138
One grade step is worth $19.14/cwt here — about $52 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 sale66 hd
313.41
—
AL average15 barns · 658 hd
337.13
−23.72
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−61.48
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−52.12
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—Average2,128185.733,9522thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,388163.392,2686thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,206153.401,85119
CowsLean 85-90%Average975140.301,36711

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)—$3,1577
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,4752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,1333thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,10010
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278427.60/cwt422.00–430.001,18911
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308425.02/cwt422.00–428.001,3092
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322396.04/cwt392.00–400.001,2759
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3333383.51/cwt380.00–387.001,2776
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360398.45/cwt395.00–402.001,4342
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379385.82/cwt380.00–392.001,46214
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3382366.72/cwt360.00–370.001,4016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,9532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324375.26/cwt367.00–385.001,2167
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3002
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328355.04/cwt350.00–360.001,1654
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379348.88/cwt337.00–355.001,32215
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390338.00/cwt330.00–340.001,3185
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432343.53/cwt340.00–350.001,48412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3432324.57/cwt320.00–330.001,40210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475331.43/cwt327.00–340.001,57430
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480322.84/cwt320.00–325.001,5506
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525311.46/cwt310.00–320.001,63515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530325.33/cwt320.00–332.001,72423
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571320.30/cwt310.00–324.001,8295
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3573301.27/cwt300.00–310.001,72623
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619296.18/cwt285.00–300.001,8335
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3628272.29/cwt265.00–280.001,7102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425357.21/cwt352.00–360.001,5183
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429378.03/cwt370.00–385.001,62218
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3476341.20/cwt337.00–345.001,62412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483359.57/cwt355.00–365.001,7378
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528348.64/cwt344.00–356.001,84115
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3532334.62/cwt330.00–342.001,78013
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573303.43/cwt300.00–320.001,73910
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575330.19/cwt325.00–342.001,89911
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2619306.16/cwt300.00–318.001,8954
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3633286.47/cwt280.00–292.001,8134
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665275.97/cwt272.00–280.001,8352
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675283.37/cwt280.00–290.001,9137
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720264.65/cwt260.00–270.001,9053
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2738281.55/cwt277.00–286.002,0782
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773275.25/cwt270.00–280.002,1283
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,128185.73/cwt182.00–189.003,9522
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%964137.90/cwt136.00–142.001,3298
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003146.70/cwt146.00–148.001,4713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205147.69/cwt145.00–150.001,7806
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207156.04/cwt153.00–158.001,88313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,288167.03/cwt165.00–169.002,1513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488159.75/cwt159.00–160.002,3773
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,157.14/head2,800.00–3,400.003,1577
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,475.00/head2,450.00–2,500.002,4752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,133.33/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1333

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.