Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-11-03

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 3
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 457▲ 74 vs year ago 277 · +26.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 56▲ 3 vs year ago 51 · +5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 32▼ 4 vs year ago 41 · −9.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady with good demand. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $388.84/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −7.06 against this barn's trailing median of $395.91.
Average price
$388.84
8 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,084
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.28
vs AL average
−30.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2529393.682,0837thin
Medium and Large 3585355.002,0771thin
One grade step is worth $38.68/cwt here — about $6 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale8 hd
388.84
—
AL average14 barns · 368 hd
362.56
+26.28
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−30.26
This barn, trailing median14 sales
395.91
−7.06
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

14 sales
470424378332median 395.9103/0905/1808/0308/3110/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $455.50, low $345.73, median $395.91 across 14 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—Average1,764171.763,0304thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,302159.682,0793thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,030139.771,44015

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)—$2,8086
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,4752thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1219604.73/cwt600.00–620.001,3245
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285446.45/cwt440.00–450.001,2724
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330433.80/cwt427.00–440.001,43213
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335448.54/cwt447.00–450.001,5034
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373432.52/cwt430.00–435.001,61310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375413.64/cwt405.00–425.001,55122
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3382391.81/cwt375.00–400.001,49710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7852
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475401.70/cwt400.00–405.001,9083
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490374.95/cwt370.00–380.001,8372
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518399.29/cwt397.00–402.002,0686
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0771
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1421
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630337.48/cwt336.00–340.002,1264
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670327.98/cwt326.00–330.002,1973
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0132
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3317359.13/cwt350.00–365.001,1383
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319376.79/cwt372.00–385.001,2024
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371367.41/cwt360.00–380.001,36316
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378352.25/cwt345.00–360.001,3324
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380383.54/cwt382.00–385.001,4572
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423340.74/cwt327.00–350.001,4413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433373.94/cwt372.00–377.001,6194
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437363.64/cwt357.00–370.001,5897
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466368.54/cwt365.00–375.001,7177
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3477328.29/cwt325.00–330.001,5663
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484347.00/cwt338.00–352.001,67910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518352.49/cwt350.00–355.001,8262
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528338.11/cwt334.00–347.001,7857
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573323.70/cwt320.00–327.001,8556
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3585311.02/cwt310.00–312.001,8194
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423409.94/cwt405.00–415.001,7344
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3433362.72/cwt355.00–370.001,5712
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434389.91/cwt380.00–400.001,69216
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472374.59/cwt370.00–385.001,76816
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521353.71/cwt347.00–360.001,8435
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570342.82/cwt336.00–350.001,9542
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573324.48/cwt320.00–329.001,8592
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613328.99/cwt328.00–330.002,0174
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668317.49/cwt317.00–318.002,1212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,605164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,6322
Bulls——1,923179.51/cwt179.00–180.003,4522
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003136.76/cwt134.00–140.001,37210
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085145.78/cwt145.00–148.001,5825
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,302159.68/cwt158.00–163.002,0793
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,333.33/head3,200.00–3,500.003,3333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,475.00/head2,300.00–2,650.002,4752
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,283.33/head2,100.00–2,450.002,2833

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.