Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2026-04-20

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Apr 20
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
563 head
▲ 164 vs last sale 399▲ 314 vs year ago 249 · +126.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 43▲ 21 vs year ago 29 · +72.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 19▲ 37 vs year ago 33 · +112.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.90/cwt on 23 head, down $47.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +11.36 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.
Average price
$376.90
▼ 47.48 vs prior sale
23 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,099
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$33.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−31.95
vs AL average
−45.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2549390.162,14014thin
Medium and Large 3570356.282,0309thin
One grade step is worth $33.88/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale23 hd
376.90
—
AL average15 barns · 479 hd
408.85
−31.95
National average167 barns · 11,519 hd
422.17
−45.27
This barn, trailing median30 sales
365.54
+11.36
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—Low1,699195.743,32611
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,340179.432,4042thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,226163.582,00517
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,128153.511,7324thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,0805
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,6069
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,5002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4,02020
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$3,3504thin

Every lot

50 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2225600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3502
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2283544.96/cwt540.00–550.001,5422
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365500.84/cwt490.00–515.001,8285
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3383455.88/cwt450.00–475.001,7464
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423497.46/cwt495.00–500.002,1044
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468504.92/cwt500.00–510.002,3634
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468448.38/cwt445.00–450.002,0983
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522447.05/cwt442.00–452.002,3346
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3578404.89/cwt400.00–410.002,3404
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618401.27/cwt400.00–405.002,4808
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3628376.02/cwt370.00–380.002,3615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,2602
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273501.26/cwt495.00–510.001,3684
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320484.53/cwt475.00–495.001,5504
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333457.44/cwt450.00–465.001,5232
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368443.02/cwt440.00–445.001,6305
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370458.35/cwt450.00–475.001,69611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373484.77/cwt480.00–490.001,8082
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423450.07/cwt440.00–467.001,90411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427433.57/cwt430.00–440.001,8516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476439.46/cwt430.00–445.002,09217
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518409.90/cwt400.00–420.002,1237
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535376.57/cwt370.00–385.002,0153
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579370.41/cwt367.00–375.002,1457
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3587346.13/cwt340.00–357.002,0326
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680334.94/cwt330.00–340.002,2784
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720314.97/cwt310.00–320.002,2683
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780308.48/cwt305.00–312.002,4062
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425426.59/cwt420.00–430.001,8133
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433461.85/cwt450.00–475.002,00014
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480443.04/cwt435.00–455.002,12711
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3516407.78/cwt400.00–415.002,1047
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520428.49/cwt427.00–430.002,2284
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564425.13/cwt415.00–432.002,3987
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575389.01/cwt380.00–402.002,2373
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620389.84/cwt380.00–400.002,4174
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,528180.16/cwt176.00–183.002,7534
Bulls——1,664197.84/cwt194.00–201.003,2924
Bulls——1,975213.73/cwt211.00–219.004,2213
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,073166.98/cwt165.00–170.001,7927
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,128153.51/cwt151.00–155.001,7324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333161.20/cwt160.00–164.002,14910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340179.43/cwt179.00–180.002,4042
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,164.29/head3,900.00–4,450.004,16414
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—3,683.33/head3,500.00–3,800.003,6836
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,350.00/head3,300.00–3,400.003,3504
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,080.00/head2,900.00–3,300.003,0805
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,725.00/head2,500.00–3,050.002,7256
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,500.00/head2,400.00–2,600.002,5002
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—2,366.67/head2,200.00–2,500.002,3673

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.