Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-01-19

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 19
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 335▲ 164 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 39▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 29▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher in a lightly tested market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $372.02/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +6.49 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$372.02
7 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,036
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$26.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.70
vs AL average
−38.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2552379.472,0955thin
Medium and Large 3535353.421,8912thin
One grade step is worth $26.05/cwt here — about $204 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 sale7 hd
372.02
—
AL average14 barns · 423 hd
362.32
+9.70
National average175 barns · 20,266 hd
410.87
−38.85
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
+6.49
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—Average1,512190.312,8777thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,323160.182,1197thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,279157.912,0206thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,7504thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7003thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,0002thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218650.23/cwt630.00–670.001,4182
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1277616.87/cwt600.00–650.001,7093
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2288562.43/cwt560.00–565.001,6202
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2311545.00/cwt535.00–550.001,6955
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323566.71/cwt560.00–585.001,8308
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382485.30/cwt475.00–492.001,8545
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428497.50/cwt497.00–498.002,1292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330497.42/cwt495.00–500.001,6412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332440.00/cwt430.00–450.001,4613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380463.90/cwt460.00–467.001,7633
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3393405.97/cwt402.00–410.001,5952
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425451.93/cwt445.00–460.001,9215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433428.69/cwt422.00–435.001,8562
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433382.86/cwt370.00–395.001,6582
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0902
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483413.20/cwt402.00–425.001,9962
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528389.27/cwt380.00–399.002,0552
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535353.42/cwt345.00–362.001,8912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568372.93/cwt362.00–382.002,1183
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2626350.33/cwt346.00–355.002,1935
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3628332.45/cwt330.00–335.002,0882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428466.54/cwt450.00–485.001,9976
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466448.15/cwt437.00–457.002,0887
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740333.99/cwt332.00–336.002,4722
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,315186.04/cwt184.00–192.002,4465
Bulls——2,003201.00/cwt199.00–203.004,0262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240152.50/cwt150.00–155.001,8912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,299160.61/cwt159.00–165.002,0864
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,319155.74/cwt154.00–159.002,0544
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,328166.10/cwt164.00–169.002,2063
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,750.00/head2,500.00–2,950.002,7504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,700.00/head2,500.00–2,800.002,7003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002

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.