Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-01-26

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Jan 26
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 164▼ 351 vs year ago 415 · −84.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 32▼ 36 vs year ago 44 · −81.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 17▼ 42 vs year ago 49 · −85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All classes of cattle were lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $374.77/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +9.23 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$374.77
5 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.46
vs AL average
−62.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510390.991,9942thin
Medium and Large 2592363.952,1553thin
One grade step is worth $27.04/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale5 hd
374.77
—
AL average12 barns · 272 hd
371.31
+3.46
National average68 barns · 7,217 hd
437.65
−62.88
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
+9.23
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,417172.582,4453thin

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)—$3,2002thin

Every lot

18 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2293507.56/cwt500.00–515.001,4872
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323492.91/cwt485.00–500.001,5922
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7392
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383464.97/cwt460.00–470.001,7812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388433.92/cwt430.00–438.001,6842
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418447.46/cwt445.00–450.001,8702
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433408.77/cwt395.00–420.001,7704
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510390.99/cwt390.00–392.001,9942
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2592363.95/cwt360.00–372.002,1553
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628344.97/cwt340.00–355.002,1663
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422451.84/cwt440.00–460.001,9073
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428427.40/cwt425.00–430.001,8292
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485427.55/cwt425.00–430.002,0742
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515424.90/cwt415.00–435.002,1882
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520397.43/cwt395.00–400.002,0672
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565388.51/cwt387.00–390.002,1952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,417172.58/cwt171.00–174.002,4453
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2002

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.