Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-01-12

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 12
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
335 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 307▼ 57 vs year ago 392 · −14.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 33▲ 13 vs year ago 26 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 20▲ 15 vs year ago 14 · +107.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $368.60/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 16 of 30 comparable sales and sits +3.06 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$368.60
23 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,993
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$353
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.38
vs AL average
−44.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565387.432,1892thin
Medium and Large 2538371.271,99718thin
Medium and Large 3540340.001,8363thin
One grade step is worth $47.43/cwt here — about $353 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale23 hd
368.60
—
AL average16 barns · 478 hd
368.22
+0.38
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
−44.88
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
+3.06
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

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—Average1,668181.783,0318thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,378158.212,1806thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,210150.021,81511
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,015149.491,5172thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,3252thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2223554.61/cwt550.00–560.001,2372
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225623.67/cwt610.00–640.001,4032
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1288576.44/cwt570.00–600.001,6605
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329545.99/cwt530.00–560.001,7966
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333498.78/cwt495.00–500.001,6614
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3333441.45/cwt430.00–450.001,4703
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371492.36/cwt480.00–500.001,8274
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375458.46/cwt450.00–470.001,71913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416467.52/cwt465.00–475.001,9454
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425432.98/cwt432.00–435.001,8403
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470448.48/cwt447.00–450.002,1082
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470421.12/cwt417.00–426.001,9793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523411.91/cwt405.00–417.002,1546
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534421.16/cwt417.00–425.002,2495
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560417.48/cwt415.00–420.002,3382
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580397.38/cwt392.00–400.002,3053
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618382.99/cwt380.00–385.002,3673
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633373.26/cwt365.00–380.002,3633
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668361.63/cwt360.00–365.002,4163
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3682336.63/cwt334.00–340.002,2963
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2687348.02/cwt344.00–350.002,3913
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723346.98/cwt342.00–352.002,5092
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735333.97/cwt330.00–338.002,4552
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2766331.52/cwt330.00–334.002,5394
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278491.50/cwt485.00–500.001,3663
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325407.50/cwt400.00–415.001,3246
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330455.21/cwt440.00–465.001,5025
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338425.11/cwt420.00–430.001,4372
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374445.43/cwt440.00–450.001,66610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392423.36/cwt415.00–430.001,6606
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430431.86/cwt420.00–450.001,8575
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433357.49/cwt355.00–360.001,5482
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434409.64/cwt400.00–415.001,7784
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465413.57/cwt407.00–420.001,9234
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470384.24/cwt375.00–392.001,80613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483362.44/cwt360.00–365.001,7512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521373.71/cwt370.00–382.001,94712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540340.00/cwt338.00–342.001,8363
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565387.43/cwt380.00–395.002,1892
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572366.40/cwt355.00–370.002,0966
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620324.96/cwt320.00–330.002,0152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625343.77/cwt335.00–350.002,1494
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673322.47/cwt320.00–325.002,1702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429460.20/cwt450.00–480.001,97414
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437422.22/cwt410.00–430.001,8455
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478412.22/cwt400.00–420.001,97023
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3483379.98/cwt375.00–385.001,8353
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484426.10/cwt420.00–435.002,0624
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532404.37/cwt400.00–412.002,15110
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580375.98/cwt370.00–380.002,1815
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585345.93/cwt342.00–350.002,0242
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630356.44/cwt350.00–362.002,2464
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2768317.48/cwt315.00–320.002,4382
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,318163.87/cwt163.00–165.002,1602
Bulls——1,784187.75/cwt185.00–190.003,3496
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015149.49/cwt149.00–150.001,5172
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173154.49/cwt154.00–155.001,8122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218149.03/cwt146.00–151.001,8159
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,378158.21/cwt156.00–162.002,1806
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,775.00/head2,750.00–2,800.002,7752
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,325.00/head2,150.00–2,500.002,3252

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.