Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-11-17

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Nov 17
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 315▼ 125 vs year ago 450 · −27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 44▼ 22 vs year ago 57 · −38.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 26▲ 23 vs year ago 43 · +53.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cows sold steady with some bred cows up to 4,000. Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.85/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 14 of 30 comparable sales and sits −16.68 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$348.85
22 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.40
vs AL average
−8.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519361.881,8788thin
Medium and Large 2541347.241,8808thin
Medium and Large 3548333.651,8276thin
One grade step is worth $28.23/cwt here — about $51 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 sale22 hd
348.85
—
AL average14 barns · 445 hd
332.45
+16.40
National average188 barns · 19,415 hd
356.89
−8.04
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−16.68
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—Low1,617175.522,8386thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,301164.532,1414thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,186157.721,8715thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,025139.721,4323thin

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)—$3,00616
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,74114
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,6503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,3836

Every lot

54 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1232556.19/cwt540.00–570.001,2903
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270491.45/cwt480.00–505.001,3273
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2283453.24/cwt450.00–470.001,2836
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1314452.59/cwt450.00–460.001,4214
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322441.95/cwt430.00–445.001,4238
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365442.57/cwt440.00–445.001,6154
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3376400.12/cwt395.00–405.001,5044
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2384429.58/cwt422.00–435.001,6507
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425418.16/cwt410.00–425.001,7773
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220503.98/cwt490.00–520.001,1092
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275441.95/cwt435.00–450.001,2152
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318427.03/cwt420.00–432.001,3588
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323381.09/cwt377.00–385.001,2314
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331405.06/cwt395.00–415.001,3415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373402.11/cwt400.00–410.001,5007
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383385.11/cwt380.00–394.001,4757
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,6322
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432372.48/cwt366.00–378.001,60913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3434356.08/cwt352.00–365.001,5455
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460370.50/cwt370.00–372.001,7044
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3476345.71/cwt340.00–350.001,6467
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482361.35/cwt357.00–365.001,7429
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3513338.99/cwt337.00–340.001,7393
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519361.88/cwt360.00–365.001,8788
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526352.19/cwt350.00–355.001,8535
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567338.98/cwt337.00–340.001,9223
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3582328.30/cwt325.00–330.001,9113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622339.64/cwt337.00–345.002,1133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3418372.48/cwt370.00–377.001,5573
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423416.59/cwt410.00–426.001,76211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434393.66/cwt380.00–405.001,70821
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463399.17/cwt396.00–407.001,8486
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472385.55/cwt370.00–395.001,82016
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475353.87/cwt350.00–360.001,6815
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,0582
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525376.70/cwt365.00–385.001,97815
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568329.34/cwt328.00–330.001,8713
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573354.67/cwt350.00–360.002,0326
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618337.36/cwt332.00–352.002,0858
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0252
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3252
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,442171.00/cwt165.00–175.002,4663
Bulls——1,792180.03/cwt178.00–182.003,2263
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025139.72/cwt138.00–141.001,4323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185153.92/cwt151.00–157.001,8243
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188163.42/cwt162.00–165.001,9412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,301164.53/cwt162.00–167.002,1414
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,050.00/head2,950.00–3,200.003,05013
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,816.67/head2,750.00–2,850.002,8173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,811.36/head2,650.00–2,975.002,81111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,650.00/head2,500.00–2,800.002,6503
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,483.33/head2,350.00–2,550.002,4833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,383.33/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3836

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.