Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-02-02

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 64▼ 347 vs year ago 482 · −72.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 8▼ 29 vs year ago 48 · −60.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with slaughter bulls up to 229 cwt. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $405.01/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 27 of 30 comparable sales and sits +39.47 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$405.01
3 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,321
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+26.80
vs AL average
−26.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573405.012,3213thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
405.01
—
AL average9 barns · 70 hd
378.21
+26.80
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
−26.53
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
+39.47
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,070160.061,7132thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2220603.18/cwt600.00–610.001,3273
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230755.76/cwt720.00–790.001,7382
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1282673.32/cwt660.00–695.001,8995
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327601.02/cwt600.00–605.001,9655
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338561.90/cwt550.00–575.001,8993
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375564.96/cwt545.00–585.002,11910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2384519.00/cwt510.00–530.001,9934
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428500.68/cwt500.00–502.002,1433
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463508.27/cwt500.00–525.002,3533
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540460.87/cwt447.00–475.002,4892
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2279533.45/cwt530.00–537.001,4885
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280610.18/cwt590.00–650.001,7094
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332589.91/cwt580.00–600.001,9596
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373495.69/cwt492.00–500.001,8493
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383474.03/cwt470.00–480.001,8163
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419472.11/cwt465.00–482.001,9787
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435455.78/cwt450.00–465.001,9836
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475468.01/cwt465.00–470.002,2236
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475423.23/cwt417.00–430.002,0102
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573405.01/cwt400.00–410.002,3213
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428523.82/cwt500.00–545.002,2424
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438455.92/cwt442.00–470.001,9972
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478462.41/cwt460.00–465.002,2102
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483441.60/cwt435.00–448.002,1332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,070160.06/cwt159.00–161.001,7132

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.