Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-02-23

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Feb 23
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 295▼ 46 vs year ago 288 · −16.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 43▼ 31 vs year ago 64 · −48.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 29▼ 73 vs year ago 88 · −83.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold sharply lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $442.12/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 14 of 14 comparable sales and sits +46.21 against this barn's trailing median of $395.91.
Average price
$442.12
5 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,451
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−6.51
vs AL average
−44.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554442.122,4515thin
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 sale5 hd
442.12
—
AL average13 barns · 124 hd
448.63
−6.51
National average172 barns · 11,832 hd
487.02
−44.90
This barn, trailing median14 sales
395.91
+46.21
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

14 sales
470424378332median 395.9103/0905/1808/0308/3110/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $455.50, low $345.73, median $395.91 across 14 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—Low1,183194.822,3052thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,408170.052,3946thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,221164.892,0148thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,011156.061,5778thin

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)—$3,1002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7673thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2277620.24/cwt610.00–630.001,7183
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1288646.82/cwt640.00–650.001,8633
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326599.38/cwt580.00–610.001,9548
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327630.24/cwt620.00–645.002,06111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375555.58/cwt545.00–570.002,0837
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385514.43/cwt500.00–525.001,9817
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422530.86/cwt520.00–540.002,2405
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430484.23/cwt470.00–500.002,0823
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470497.23/cwt487.00–510.002,3373
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528452.32/cwt445.00–460.002,3882
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572435.32/cwt432.00–440.002,4903
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3502
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2228576.54/cwt560.00–595.001,3152
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271578.34/cwt570.00–595.001,5674
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315532.03/cwt525.00–545.001,6765
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338514.85/cwt500.00–525.001,7405
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373500.36/cwt490.00–515.001,86610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378456.78/cwt450.00–470.001,7273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416488.90/cwt470.00–496.002,0347
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435443.73/cwt434.00–455.001,9305
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477436.01/cwt435.00–438.002,0803
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528435.45/cwt434.00–437.002,2992
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561395.46/cwt385.00–400.002,2194
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426510.40/cwt495.00–530.002,1747
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435462.21/cwt450.00–475.002,0112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470480.15/cwt470.00–492.002,2578
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3632
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538434.60/cwt427.00–440.002,3383
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658367.53/cwt360.00–375.002,4182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,183194.82/cwt193.00–197.002,3052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970156.83/cwt155.00–160.001,5213
Cows—Lean 85-90%975166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,6192
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075148.67/cwt148.00–150.001,5983
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202169.29/cwt168.00–170.002,0353
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233162.25/cwt160.00–164.002,0015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,303174.59/cwt172.00–177.002,2753
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513165.51/cwt164.00–168.002,5043
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,100.00/head3,000.00–3,200.003,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,766.67/head2,500.00–2,900.002,7673

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.