Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2025-12-01

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Dec 1
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
441 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 325▲ 122 vs year ago 319 · +38.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 35▲ 6 vs year ago 59 · +10.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 66▲ 28 vs year ago 45 · +62.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.81/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 12 of 30 comparable sales and sits −22.72 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$342.81
36 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.81
vs AL average
−27.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544349.861,90523
Medium and Large 3544330.351,79813thin
One grade step is worth $19.51/cwt here — about $107 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 sale36 hd
342.81
—
AL average5 barns · 136 hd
336.00
+6.81
National average194 barns · 19,992 hd
370.45
−27.64
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
−22.72
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—High1,641179.202,94010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,303159.112,0738thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273148.601,8919thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low994131.241,30510

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)—$2,9503thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,2089
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,1367
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,86616
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,8094thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228569.23/cwt560.00–580.001,2982
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1282535.42/cwt530.00–540.001,5109
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328454.57/cwt440.00–475.001,49110
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334497.11/cwt485.00–510.001,6608
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375404.73/cwt400.00–410.001,5182
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379451.87/cwt446.00–475.001,7136
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2387436.90/cwt432.00–440.001,6915
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428430.99/cwt430.00–432.001,8452
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480406.31/cwt405.00–410.001,9506
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522401.65/cwt400.00–405.002,0973
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583375.91/cwt372.00–380.002,1922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235455.21/cwt450.00–460.001,0702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1257436.59/cwt425.00–445.001,1223
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280413.42/cwt412.00–415.001,1582
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326398.33/cwt387.00–400.001,29916
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370387.28/cwt380.00–392.001,43310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374359.18/cwt350.00–370.001,3434
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381398.13/cwt397.00–400.001,5175
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,6493
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3426351.92/cwt345.00–360.001,4996
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430375.40/cwt367.00–380.001,61412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470376.31/cwt372.00–380.001,7695
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473365.73/cwt360.00–370.001,73018
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480351.29/cwt350.00–355.001,6864
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3512331.78/cwt330.00–340.001,6996
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528354.72/cwt345.00–360.001,87314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570342.30/cwt335.00–350.001,9519
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3572329.12/cwt320.00–334.001,8837
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0633
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3628310.97/cwt310.00–312.001,9532
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419432.09/cwt424.00–440.001,81017
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3427372.92/cwt370.00–377.001,5925
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438406.22/cwt397.00–420.001,7796
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470403.48/cwt400.00–410.001,8964
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475363.44/cwt362.00–365.001,7262
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483389.62/cwt385.00–394.001,8824
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510390.87/cwt390.00–395.001,9936
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518340.03/cwt335.00–345.001,7613
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2541379.53/cwt372.00–384.002,0538
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568357.99/cwt357.00–360.002,0333
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580328.70/cwt327.00–332.001,9063
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615335.51/cwt335.00–336.002,0634
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3632319.22/cwt312.00–326.002,0173
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,440184.67/cwt183.00–186.002,6592
Bulls——1,691177.83/cwt173.00–181.003,0078
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%978126.24/cwt124.00–130.001,2355
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010136.24/cwt134.00–140.001,3765
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208151.12/cwt149.00–154.001,8265
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,263155.48/cwt155.00–156.001,9642
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,316160.32/cwt159.00–162.002,1106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,354145.44/cwt144.00–148.001,9694
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,950.00/head2,750.00–3,300.002,9503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,400.00/head2,250.00–2,575.002,4003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,208.33/head1,950.00–2,400.002,2089
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,937.50/head1,900.00–2,000.001,9384
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,865.63/head1,700.00–2,200.001,86616
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,808.75/head1,800.00–1,825.001,8094

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.