Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-02-09

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 9
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
490 head
▲ 355 vs last sale 135▲ 70 vs year ago 420 · +16.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 19▲ 42 vs year ago 36 · +116.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 0▲ 70 vs year ago 12 · +583.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $406.79/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 28 of 30 comparable sales and sits +41.26 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$406.79
18 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,184
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$53.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.30
vs AL average
−17.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518431.152,2334thin
Medium and Large 2533405.792,16411thin
Medium and Large 3575378.002,1743thin
One grade step is worth $53.15/cwt here — about $60 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 sale18 hd
406.79
—
AL average14 barns · 416 hd
392.49
+14.30
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−17.16
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
+41.26
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—High2,045220.184,5033thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,368188.082,57319
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,236172.862,13715
CowsLean 85-90%High1,026167.741,7214thin

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)—$2,6333thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6134thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,45011
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,0258
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,75012

Every lot

59 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228694.84/cwt690.00–700.001,5842
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235639.72/cwt630.00–650.001,5033
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338606.57/cwt590.00–625.002,0506
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2339562.51/cwt550.00–580.001,9074
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373559.87/cwt540.00–580.002,0884
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2388524.97/cwt520.00–530.002,0372
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433486.31/cwt480.00–500.002,1063
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471473.49/cwt470.00–477.002,2305
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527470.73/cwt460.00–492.002,4813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529432.84/cwt427.00–445.002,2907
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574479.03/cwt400.00–525.002,7505
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633403.21/cwt400.00–410.002,5523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5992
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2238538.01/cwt515.00–550.001,2803
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1243595.15/cwt580.00–610.001,4462
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1286547.27/cwt540.00–560.001,5656
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290515.85/cwt500.00–535.001,4966
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326539.13/cwt535.00–545.001,7586
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329494.66/cwt470.00–510.001,6277
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364460.35/cwt450.00–490.001,6767
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375514.78/cwt505.00–525.001,9303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420464.82/cwt460.00–480.001,9524
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433443.21/cwt437.00–450.001,91913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471446.94/cwt442.00–454.002,1054
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473408.68/cwt400.00–415.001,9334
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478434.56/cwt425.00–440.002,07721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518431.15/cwt425.00–440.002,2334
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519411.38/cwt400.00–420.002,1357
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558396.00/cwt395.00–397.002,2104
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,1743
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620378.49/cwt377.00–380.002,3474
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623368.99/cwt365.00–372.002,2993
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2683337.64/cwt330.00–345.002,3062
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422494.58/cwt480.00–510.002,0879
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433463.79/cwt450.00–475.002,00811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466464.09/cwt455.00–475.002,16311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480437.26/cwt428.00–442.002,0996
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485413.54/cwt410.00–417.002,0062
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518443.28/cwt435.00–455.002,2963
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3522393.55/cwt380.00–400.002,0543
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2543414.78/cwt405.00–422.002,2529
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3563386.37/cwt375.00–392.002,1753
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2576403.39/cwt397.00–410.002,3244
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625365.02/cwt364.00–366.002,2812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,045220.18/cwt217.00–224.004,5033
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026167.74/cwt166.00–169.001,7214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194173.99/cwt173.00–175.002,0778
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280179.39/cwt178.00–181.002,2962
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286168.43/cwt166.00–170.002,1665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,322193.18/cwt189.00–200.002,55411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,413182.73/cwt180.00–185.002,5826
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485176.08/cwt175.00–177.002,6152
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,100.00/head2,950.00–3,250.003,1004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—3,025.00/head3,000.00–3,100.003,0258
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,575.00/head2,450.00–2,650.002,5758
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,966.67/head2,900.00–3,100.002,9673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,633.33/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,612.50/head2,500.00–2,900.002,6134
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,256.25/head2,150.00–2,450.002,2568

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.