Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-01-05

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 5
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
307 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 312▼ 55 vs year ago 362 · −15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 45▼ 8 vs year ago 41 · −19.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 87▼ 2 vs year ago 22 · −9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $395.16/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 8 of 14 comparable sales and sits −0.75 against this barn's trailing median of $395.91.
Average price
$395.16
17 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$56.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.36
vs AL average
−71.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515430.502,2174thin
Medium and Large 2558388.642,1679thin
Medium and Large 3548374.492,0504thin
One grade step is worth $56.01/cwt here — about $167 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 sale17 hd
395.16
—
AL average5 barns · 38 hd
408.52
−13.36
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
−71.17
This barn, trailing median14 sales
395.91
−0.75
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—High1,883209.573,9463thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,515175.552,66013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,212167.852,0343thin

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)—$3,1502thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329551.72/cwt540.00–565.001,81514
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340487.54/cwt485.00–490.001,6582
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379500.89/cwt490.00–515.001,8984
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380412.26/cwt400.00–427.001,5673
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383465.92/cwt450.00–480.001,7849
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417473.96/cwt465.00–480.001,9765
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475444.06/cwt434.00–455.002,1092
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477415.14/cwt410.00–425.001,9803
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3510381.01/cwt380.00–382.001,9432
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515430.50/cwt428.00–434.002,2174
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535408.42/cwt400.00–417.002,1852
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2564382.99/cwt375.00–397.002,1607
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585367.97/cwt366.00–370.002,1532
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620369.36/cwt362.00–374.002,2907
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3633350.67/cwt350.00–352.002,2203
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668356.62/cwt350.00–367.002,3824
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330446.34/cwt440.00–455.001,4734
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340492.39/cwt485.00–500.001,6742
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366471.52/cwt455.00–480.001,7264
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381435.52/cwt425.00–442.001,65910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420429.15/cwt420.00–440.001,8024
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428378.74/cwt376.00–380.001,6213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435402.95/cwt392.00–410.001,7534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487374.29/cwt370.00–380.001,82311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518368.00/cwt360.00–370.001,9067
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530348.46/cwt347.00–350.001,8472
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533372.62/cwt370.00–377.001,9865
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576351.65/cwt348.00–357.002,0267
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7853
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7002
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439461.41/cwt455.00–465.002,0267
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473407.67/cwt400.00–415.001,9283
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476423.23/cwt420.00–430.002,01511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523413.26/cwt407.00–418.002,1613
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540396.53/cwt385.00–400.002,1417
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590358.28/cwt355.00–365.002,1143
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625356.03/cwt352.00–360.002,2252
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,883209.57/cwt207.00–212.003,9463
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212167.85/cwt163.00–170.002,0343
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440174.17/cwt171.00–177.002,5089
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,685178.66/cwt178.00–181.003,0104
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,150.00/head3,000.00–3,300.003,1502

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.